Hi Alison,
Just a quick note --- Am a little snowed under at the moment with a
bunch of activities, and have not been able to give this new community
initiative the attention it deserves :-(. A few reflections for
consideration:
* I'm very supportive and excited to see new life and energy
emerging from our community to take CCNC to new levels. As a
free and open source software user -- my passion is to see the
development of high-quality teaching materials supporting basic
ICT skills development using free software.
* I like the idea of a dedicated list for the development --- with
updates posted to the main WE list.
* The need for these resources is far wider than the Commonwealth
-- therefore I'm wondering whether a change in name is
appropriate. What about something like the "Open Computer
Navigators Course" (OCNC). Fortunately we use a license which
permits derivative works including name changes :-). Also,
speaking from experience with the CCNC -- the notion of
"certificate" is confusing because the course materials do not
provide certification as such -- and should be available for use
in multiple contexts. Changing the name will also help getting
away from the confusing subpages like Version 2, Version 3 etc.
* A key question for our group to consider will be whether the
course materials should meet the requirements of the ECDL/ICDL
curriculum. Personally, I think that there are significant
advantages to doing this because then we create optional paths
for formal certification. That said -- there may be differences
in opinion here.
In short -- I propose a name change which will be more representative of
what these course materials are aiming to achieve and consideration
about mapping to existing curricula and national qualifications
frameworks.
Looking forward to seeing our finished product --- a community driven
initiative :-).
Cheers
Wayne
On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 20:45 -0400, Alison Snieckus wrote:
> A few of us have been discussing how to proceed with updating the
> module content in the Commonwealth Computer Navigator's Certificate
> (CCNC).
>
> The consensus is to move the current pages to a new node:
> http://www.wikieducator.org/CCNC/Version2 . We recognize that
> following the move we'll need to fix absolute links and navigation.
>
> We plan to begin the new work under the following structure, copying
> material as appropriate from version 2:
> http://www.wikieducator.org/CCNC/Version3
>
> Given this project has a long standing history on WikiEducator, I
> thought I'd post our plans to this larger group for comment.
>
> Please respond with your thoughts and suggestions.
>
> Thank you,
> Alison
> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus
>
> >
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