I'm actually experiencing this very problem with my current project. I put a bunch of effort into exploring the wiki format and converting our existing ideas into our new wiki. I found such explorations really neat, and really enjoyed it, but I've had to put the project on hold recently due to sickness and needing to catch up on school work. Unfortunately, it seems that no one else in the project shares my enthusiasm for using the wiki and we've had very little involvement from anyone other than myself and the project founder.
I recently ran across the idea of 'wiki-raids<http://www.greenchameleon.com/gc/blog_detail/thinking_about_wikis_and_wiki_raids/>', which basically consist of getting a bunch of people into a single room with a bunch of computers and dedicating some time to developing (some segment of) a wiki. We're planning on trying this out sometime soon. We've also been exploring how best to lay out a project on a wiki so that it is accessible and invites collaboration. Gladys' list of 'Aspects that must be covered in a main page' will defintely get incorperated at some point. (I'm also hopeing to spend some time exploring what has worked for other projects on WikiEducator, just as soon as I get better and have a break in classes.) As always, it's really interesting to hear what everyone else has to say. Scott On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Gladys Gahona <[email protected]>wrote: > > In my short experience as WE, I have learned a very important lesson: > COLLABORATION > > Projects should be real collaborative, presented in a well defined > main page which explains each aspect of the project. > > Aspects that must be covered in main page are: > > * A navigation bar with a logo > * Aims > * Tech info. (if necessary) > * An invitation to join the project > * List of contributors > * Feedback (preferable encouraging use of Talk Page) > * Miscellaneous > > Creator of the project is responsable of: > > * Publishing its project in Content and Initiatives pages > * Visiting newcomers as Wikineighbour and inviting to join its > project. > * Once the project is embraced by two or more people... it becomes The > Team's Project, no more creator's project. > * All normal human beings need some level of recognition for our > serious efforts on doing something. We must recognize other's job well > done in many ways, the limit is our creativity. > * Managing the project. Abandoned projects by creator generates > disappointment in co-workers. > > Warme wishes > Gladys Gahona > User:Chela5808 > > > > On 4 feb, 16:27, Scott Newson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for you feedback Alison, it's really helpful to hear about your > > first steps. > > > > I agree that seeing that others are involved in a given project is one of > > the things that makes my contributions feel worthwhile. I'd guess that > > seeing contributions by others conveys the feeling that the project (and > by > > extension my contributions) are beneficial to others. > > > > Scott > > > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Alison Snieckus > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > I registered last week, so I'm not really all that up to speed on > things. > > > But thought I'd put in my 2 cents anyway. The first thing I did after > > > registering and realizing that I was serious and motivated about > > > contributing was to look around at other user pages. Then, I started my > user > > > page. And after that I went to the WE tutorials and made myself follow > them > > > to the end. The tutorials suggested I imagine a project that I'd like > to > > > make happen and I did -- a collection of tutorials on statistics and > > > probability, enough to make a whole traditional course. Kinda pie in > the > > > sky, but hey. > > > > > Once I'd written about this project, I just wasn't sure what to do > next. I > > > did a lot of looking around. I've decided to work on the math glossary. > > > First because it is a good first step to what I want to do, but also > it's an > > > active project and this seemed to be a key factor in my getting > involved in > > > something. > > > > > In the process of looking around, I read the to do list on the > community > > > page...a number of times, but I didn't feel competent enough for any of > > > these. I'm a newbie. I looked at some of the portals and the > initiatives and > > > ideas4content pages and many of the projects that I felt I could help > in > > > didn't seem active. > > > > > So based on my newbie experience, I wonder if there needs to be better > (or > > > more strategically placed) information on how to get involved. The > > > naturally-occurring positive and negative incentives in the direct > > > environment have the most impact on behavior (in this case > participation). > > > > > I do have to say that I'm not sure I would have gotten this far if I > hadn't > > > gotten such a warm welcome from the wikineighbors. Thanks for making me > feel > > > welcome right from the get-go! > > > Alison Snieckus > > > > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:07 AM, NELLIE DEUTSCH < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> Thank you. I would like further suggestions on how to sustain active > > >> members. > > >> Warm wishes, > > >> Nellie Deutsch > > >> Doctoral Student > > >> Educational Leadership > > >> Curriculum and Instruction > > >>http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C19 > > >>http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Nelliemuller > > >> skype:nelliedeutschmuller > > > > >> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Sarita Kumar < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > >>> Hi all! > > > > >>> The article is quite impressive and good. But, may be we require more > > >>> workshops and some on-line competitions regarding the contents, > projects, > > >>> maximum participation, etc. for active memberships. > > > > >>> Sarita Kumar > > > > >>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:46 AM, nelliemuller < > > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > > > > >>>> Dear Friends, > > >>>> I would be interested in any suggestions you may have on how to > > >>>> encourage active membership on Wikieducator. I found this article > that > > >>>> may get us started: > > >>>>http://www.visi.com/~snowfall/Group05IncentivesReport.pdf<http://www.visi.com/%7Esnowfall/Group05IncentivesReport.pdf> > <http://www.visi.com/%7Esnowfall/Group05IncentivesReport.pdf> > > > > >>>> What do you think? > > > > >>>> Warm wishes, > > >>>> Nellie > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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