Yes, its a journey that will not necessarily follow the most direct route. Good thing as often with technology the destination can change. And yes it is great Jesse has picked up the style guide ball. Great Work Jesse!
I have now gone through all the the proposed guidelines with the following outcomes; - Approved 7 - Commented 4 - Researching 1 Looking forward to the discussion so we can get all of them approved. Cheers, Peter On Jul 24, 3:10 pm, Randy Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > One of the (many) things I love about the wiki and our (growing) community, > is that there is "space" to come in, and out. When someone picks up on > something that someone else does (I'm thinking Jesse's comments), then > there's the opportunity to inject fresh energy and new momentum - the > project, or activity morphs into something slightly different than the > original activity creators might have envisioned. No worries there....a > lurch to the right, a lurch to the left....self-organization works in wacky > ways....but as Wayne has oft' said.....good projects (and activities) > attract the support and resources they need.... > > Great to see things evolving! > > - Randy > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > > I think QA framework has establsihed a solid foundation. > > > To be fair, our community has not focused attention on how workgroups will > > function and that has also been a drawback regarding progress and > > participation on the QA framework not to mention that quality is a complex > > theme. > > > The impetus and outputs being generated by the Workgroup for workgroups > > will provide a solid basis on which to take the QA framework forward. > > > All looking good -- the great thing about the wiki model is that all our > > efforts and drafts remain intact for ongoing improvement! > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > 2009/7/25 Peter <[email protected]> > > >> Jesse, > > >> Having this style guide nearing completion has re-energized my desire > >> to get the featured works approach to Quality Assurance going again. I > >> believe it had stalled for two main reasons; > >> 1) Not having this key piece of a style guide in place. > >> 2) Having a larger group prepared to execute a featured works > >> assessment > > >> In the next few weeks I will make the time to review the style guide > >> and assist in you getting it "approved". > > >> Sincerely, > > >> Peter > > >> On Jul 23, 5:56 pm, Jesse Groppi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Thanks, Peter! > > >> > Having adherence to the style guidelines as a qualification for featured > >> > content is a great incentive. Thanks for pointing it out! > > >> > Jesse > > >> > On 23/07/2009 19:49, Peter wrote: > > >> > > Jesse, > > >> > > This is awesome! Good on you for taking this on. > > >> > > I saw the style guidelines being promoted or incentivised via the > >> > > featured works process; > >> > >http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Quality_Assurance_and_Review/Fea. > >> .. > > >> > > As usual this is all open to modification and improvement. > > >> > > Peter > > >> > > On Jul 23, 3:20 pm, Jesse Groppi<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > >> Hi all, > > >> > >> The style guide workgroup > >> > >> <http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:style_guidelines> is really > >> shaping > >> > >> up! We've lots going on at the moment, including a reorganisation of > >> > >> how guidelines are proposed > >> > >> < > >>http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Style_guide/Proposed_guidelines>. > > >> > >> There are a few administrative topics up for discussion at the talk > >> page > >> > >> <http://wikieducator.org/Talk:Workgroup:style_guidelines>: > > >> > >> * What process should guidelines go through for approval? > >> > >> * What is the rationale behind the guidelines? > >> > >> * How do we implement the guidelines once they are approved? > >> > >> * How do we educate users on the use of guidelines? > >> > >> * Is it necessary to differentiate between different levels of > >> > >> collaboration in order to create better guidelines or to > >> determine > >> > >> how to implement them? > >> > >> * How do we promote or incentivise the use of the guidelines? > > >> > >> Please stop by and share your thoughts with us! > > >> > >> Jesse > >> > >> Skype: jesse.groppihttp://www.wikieducator.org/User:Jesse_Groppi > > > -- > > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > > Director, > > International Centre for Open Education, > > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > > Board of Directors, OER Foundation. > > Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator,www.wikieducator.org > > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > > Skype: WGMNZ1 > > Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg > > -- > ________________ > Randy Fisher MA, OMD > > * Change Management, Learning & Performance > * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration & Communities of Practice > * Organization Design & Development > * Coaching & Facilitation > * E-Learning > > + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) > [email protected] > > http://www.wikieducator.org- Member, WikiEducator Community > Councilhttp://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher > > Skype: wikirandy > > "Open Education is a Sustainable & Renewable Resource. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
