I have voted for WikiEducator and am proud to be a part of the community. Sarita
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:40 AM, Wayne Mackintosh < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I agree these types of awards do more for the blog hosting company and do > push their traffic a little. One consultation is that Eublogs have built > their service on top of free software :-). It would be interesting to > measure how much organisations like Edublogs (and others) put back into the > community. > > Great links alluding to the issues and ethics associated with building > sustainable ecosystems around free software and OER in the formal education > sector. > > Speaking from the desk of the OER Foundation --- I question the ethics of > auto advertising links. There are a large number of WikiEducator's who have > migrated from commercially hosted wiki sites because of inappropriate > advertising. For this reason, WikiEducator.org and Wikiresearcher.org > (which we will launching in the new year :-) ) -- will not carry > advertising. However as a non-profit we also need to think about revenue > streams to sustain scalable growth. We practice open philanthropy publishing > all our planning documents openly and transparently in the wiki (including > funding proposals!) -- see for example: > > http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Planning > > The model we're adopting is a mixture of philanthropy and institutional > memberships where we will provide services in helping organisations achieve > *their* objectives through OER (See for example: > http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Join ). The great thing about being a > non-profit is that we will be able to invest all surplus revenue back into > OER development, capacity development etc. > > These are exciting times -- and I believe that nurturing the development of > OER ecosystems will make the world a better place :-). > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > > > > 2009/12/14 Chris Harvey <[email protected]> > >> I voted for wikieducator. >> >> I don't know if these awards are taken seriously, it probably does more >> for the blog hosting company than it does for educators and besides that >> IMHO hardly any of the best blogs/people are even nominated. >> >> Theres also this. >> >> http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2008/12/21/sorry-james-but/ >> >> I think wikieducators are familiar with how powerful hyperlinks are for >> educaitonal purposes. A simple explanation would be one Ive heard from >> teachers many times. They say if your reading a book and come to a word that >> you dont understand then look it up, so some teachers have an awareness that >> learners may not understand a word so they decide to use a hyperlink, In >> this case I have to wonder if those auto advertisement links are ethical. >> >> Here's also some interesting history of edublogs. >> http://incsub.org/2005/the-open-source-5 >> >> Warm kind loving regards and best wishes sincerely >> Chris Harvey >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> Wow -- I see that WE have made two nominations on the short list for the >>> best educational wiki on the the 2009 Edublog awards!!! One for WIkiEducator >>> itself and another for the Learning4Content project. WE can stand proud that >>> the international blogging community have recognised our community >>> achievements again. >>> >>> Gee this is a tough decision -- but I voted for WikiEducator which >>> supports and oversees the Learning4Content project. In my view, a vote for >>> WikiEducator is a vote for Learning4Content :-). With thanks and >>> appreciation to the blogging community who have nominated two of our >>> community projects for 2009 <blush>. >>> >>> With only two day's left for voting --- I encourage all WikiEducators to >>> visit the 2009 Edublog Awards site and to cast your vote. See: >>> >>> http://edublogawards.com/2009/best-educational-wiki-2009/ >>> >>> WE made the short list in 2008 -- but will be interesting to see how we >>> fair with the voting this year ;-) >>> >>> Good luck to all nominees! >>> >>> 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 >>> User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg >>> 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] >> >> >> -- >> 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] > > > > > -- > 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 > User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg > 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] -- http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Saritasanjay http://www.wikieducator.org/India http://www.wikieducator.org/Acharya_Narendra_Dev_College http://www.andcollege.du.ac.in -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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