Dear Dr. Wayne and other friends, It is really an innovative suggestion and I am in favour of the title “Open Computer Navigators Course" (OCNC)” and proposed linkage to curriculum. It gives us more clarity of aim and seriousness of purpose. Alison is doing a wonderful job in anchoring the discussion; I am able to spend only a little time these days as I am fully engaged with some critical assignments for April in my department.
-- Warm regards Anil http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://wikieducator.org/India http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework/Professional_Education/Management/MHRM http://www.wikieducator.org/Edupatron Skype: apletters On 4/10/09, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
