Good idea! Workgroups are clearly an important structure in WE, whether overtly named or not. I agree we should spend some time thinking about and collaborating on what we can do to encourage workgroups and help them thrive -- a workgroup to define workgroups. I'll leave my comments on the new workgroup page.
Alison http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Pending the outcome of community ideas and suggestions for setting up > a workgroup to develop guidelines for WE workgroups, I've been jotting > down a few tentative thoughts .... > > See: http://www.wikieducator.org/Workgroup:WikiEducator_Workgroups > > Currently we don't have clear guidelines for community members to make > suggestions for changes, new ideas etc for project-wide > implementation. Seems to me that a work group approach is a good way > to go because: > > * It respects the freedom of all WIkiEducators to propose changes for > improving our project and does not rely on some predetermined > community status -- thus empowering all our members to contribute to > community innovation. > * Ensures open and transparent development and discussion of the ideas > * Encourages research and reflection in solving the challenge > > Be interested to hear your thoughts and suggestions. > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > On May 31, 4:22 pm, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi everyone -- > > > > The concept of instituting work groups in WE has been around for some > time, > > as suggested, for example by User:Leutha, User:Kakamora and others. > > However, we don't have processes or guidelines to assist WikiEducator's > in > > forming groups that will contribute towards the collective objective of > > improving how we work. > > > > When WikiEducator was much smaller -- it was relatively easy to post a > > query, idea or suggestion on the main list and take a collective > decision. > > With considerable growth since January 2008 our project needs are growing > > rapidly and I wonder whether WE should consider formalising a work group > > approach? > > > > In other words, should we set up a work group to develop guidelines on > > implementing work groups to be tabled at the first WCC meeting? > > > > We already have a few work groups that have formed organically. > > > > *Existing work groups: > > * > > > > - A usability work group iniated by User:Kakamora -- good ideas and > > intentions, but hasn't gone further (see: > > http://www.wikieducator.org/Usability_Working_Group) > > - A work group to talk about Learning Design (Pedagogical templates) > -- > > (see:http://www.wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Learning_design) > > - Another work group is looking at the development of an OER Policy > > Briefing intended to assist with advocacy of OER among policy makers > -- > > (see:http://wikieducator.org/OER_Brief_for_policy_makers) > > > > Are there any other "workgroups" which I may have missed? Peter wouldn't > > the volunteer group who have signed up for helping out on the Quality > > Assurance and Review framework also constitute a workgroup of sorts? > (See:http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Quality_Assurance_and_Review > ). > > > > Recent posts on the list by Nellie, Ben, Peter, Brent, Randy and Patricia > on > > the topic of communication alternatives in WE, ning.com etc suggest that > the > > work group model is possibly a good vehicle for researching these kinds > of > > questions and proposing alternatives for consideration. > > > > Two questions: > > > > 1. Should WE implement a work group approach? > > 2. If so, should we initiate a work group to develop a draft set of > > guidelines on work groups, utimately leading to a policy on work > groups for > > consideration by the WCC for approval. > > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > > -- > > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > > Director, > > International Centre for Open Education, > > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > > Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator,www.wikieducator.org > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
