Hey ,welll , Nellie , I doubt that we could pay for teachers to blog or to write on wiki , so I would invite us to think aloud on this topic
What we do here in China is we have a teacher wiki project going on now , the link is here http://xinzhishe.hudong.com/jiaoshi/ YOu can view teacher picture Hudong pay for abt 1000 yuan per teacher ,however on the condition that the teacher need to contribute a certain amount of content in the wiki like 5000 less plans or traning 50 teachers in his or her school to use wiki ( however Hdwiki is not based on Mediawiki , as far as I know , Jim Wels ( Founder of Wikipedia ? ) have paid a visit to HD wiki and talking abt working together to create a Chinese content based Wikipedia . Leo 2009/12/17 NELLIE DEUTSCH <[email protected]> > Wayne, > WE volunteers are passionate about the cause but need to make a living. > Money is not a dirty word and everyone who spends hours upon hours > contributing to WE should get paid. > I believe an incentive for teachers to contribute to WikiEducator and the > development of OERs is monetary rewards. An example of this is today is the > system whereby facilitators get paid for the L4C workshops. As it stands, > all members would like to facilitate and get paid. I believe this was > mentioned by other WE members who would also like a piece of the pie. I > believe there should be a reward system for all WE members so that everyone > is given the opportunity to serve the community as a facilitator of the L4C > worshops and get paid. > Nellie Deutsch > Sharing is Caring! > Doctoral Student > Educational Leadership > Curriculum and Instruction > Integrating Technology for Active Life-long Learning (IT4ALL) > http://www.integrating-technology.com/pd > Get ready for CO10 at WiZiQ: http://connecting-online.ning.com/ > Free online workshops using WiZiQ: http://www.wikieducator.org/Workshops > > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Leo, that's a good question. >> >> Apology for the long email -- but lots of information to cover in >> answering your question. >> >> The OER Foundation is an independent non-profit organisation responsible >> for raising the funds to run WikiEducator.org and very soon we will also >> launch WikiResearcher.org :-). We need money to pay for our infrastructure, >> for example: hosting the servers, technical support, software development >> and honoraria for our facilitators so we can continue to provide free >> training for thousands of educators in more than 115 countries around the >> world. >> >> As a non-profit all surplus funds we generate will be reinvested back into >> the development of OER courses, open text books etc. For example we will pay >> authors, learning designers and multi-media experts to create OER courses >> and open text books which we will be free to reuse, adapt and modify. The >> OER Foundation will ensure that WikiEducator.org, WikiResearcher.org will >> not carry advertising -- so we can't raise funding through advertising >> revenue on our OER sites. >> >> The OER Foundation will generate income and support from multiple sources, >> including: >> >> >> - Grant funding (from international donor agencies and international >> development agencies). For example, strategic projects currently funded by >> the Hewlett Foundation and the financial contribution from the >> Commonwealth >> of Learning to help pay for the hosting of our servers. >> - Institutional membership contributions from tertiary education >> institutions. We have a range of different membership categories ranging >> from a base line membership - to bronze, silver, gold and platinum >> membership levels. ( >> >> http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Join#Table_of_OERF_membership_benefits_-_Detailed_Comparison) >> . Each membership category provides a range of benefits and services. As a >> global project it is possible for the OER Foundation to design a model >> whereby the dollar value of services exceeds the cost of voluntary >> membership contributions :-) >> - Voluntary public donations -- WE will implement a donation button on >> our site for people who would like to support our international work. >> Every >> year we will run a global donation campaign with the first campaign >> scheduled for February / March 2010. >> - Government and corporate contracts, for example the work we are >> doing for the Ministry of Education in New Zealand to establish a national >> OER commons for New Zealand teachers. (see: >> http://wikieducator.org/OERNZ_News ) >> >> WikiEducator has extensive reach in the developing world and we recognise >> that many organisations may not have the money to become contributing >> members. Therefore we have a special category of membership called >> FTE4WikiEducator Members. These organisations will allocate dedicated staff >> time and the OER Foundation will seek to find sponsorship from platinum >> members and the international donor community to assist in covering the >> costs of membership. >> >> As you know, the OER Foundation subscribes to open philanthropy which >> means that all our planning documents are developed openly and transparently >> in the wiki :-). If you're interested you can review our strategic plans >> here: >> >> http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Planning >> >> OER is a sustainable and renewable resource -- and working together on an >> international scale we can achieve more than working alone! >> >> WE are about to start our recruitment drive for founding members. Any >> organisation who becomes a contributing member before 30 June 2009 will be >> recognised as a founding member. This is an opportunity for organisations to >> make the future happen and be recorded in history of transforming education >> for the better. >> >> So spread the word, blog about what we're doing and we will be able to >> tell our grandchildren how WE nurtured and succeeded in building a >> sustainable OER ecosystem. >> >> Cheers >> Wayne >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 2009/12/17 Wong Leo <[email protected]> >> >> http://www.hudong.com/ is a wiki software are getting quite strong lately >>> in China ,where a lot of Chinese educator there to share and talk , >>> I am wondering if there is possiblity for wikieducator to make money in >>> the future ? or how for a OER turned into a >>> a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_entrepreneurship ??( now China >>> have unblocked the Wikipedia for many months ) >>> >>> I would like to know your idea >>> >>> Leo >>> >>> -- >>> Leo Wong >>> -------------------------------------- >>> http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com/ HELP >>> There is something very special and powerful about engaging directly with >>> the real teacher and real Kids >>> >>> -- >>> 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] >> > > -- > 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] > -- Leo Wong -------------------------------------- http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com/ HELP There is something very special and powerful about engaging directly with the real teacher and real Kids -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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