Hi Valerie,, 2009/11/19 valerie <[email protected]>
> > Great news about the plans for improved access and reviews within > WikiEducator. I can make do with my own little add-ons for the time > being. However, I'm really looking forward to there being state-of-the- > art tools for finding and remixing WE OERs. Can't happen soon enough! > Me too! Now that we're operating independently under the OER Foundation, we now have the scope and freedom to invest time and energy into software refinements that will better serve educational needs. Working under auspices of an international agency, understandably software development did not fall within the remit of core activities and it was extremely difficult to get project approvals for open source software development work. Thankfully, WE were very fortunate in having community members who have donated their time freely in administering the WE servers. A big round of applause (and thanks) to Jim Tittsler, Wen-Chen Hol who have worked tirelessly in keeping WE ship-shape and making the magic happen behind the scenes. We're also indebted to Erik Möller for his solid technical advice and willingness to respond quickly to my barrage of emails seeking answers on numerous technical matters. The OER Foundation and WikiEducator are very fortunate now to have a full-time software engineer. Having the calibre of Jim's extensive experience as CIO for WE is going to take our project to new levels. Our only limitation is going to be the speed at which we can implement all these ideas and features. However, assuming successful funding proposals and growing institutional memberships of the OER Foundation --- we will be able to speed up this process. Watch this space -- WE is going places :-). Cheers Wayne -- 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
