Wayne, I have been a lead facilitator for quite a few workshops and have volunteered to many more as co-facilitator in the last year. In addition, I have seen others volunteer as co-facilitators but the numbers are small and it's harder to find more than a name on the list of co-facilitators because it appears people do not have the incentive to actively engage in helping for free. To encourage others to co-facilitate, I am now sharing my pay with the co-facilitators so that I can contribute to Article 23(3) of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. So, Wayne, I encourage you to make me a lead facilitator so I can share my pay with those who joins me as co-facilitators. I hope to encourage other members of WikiEducator to do the same. Warm wishes, 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 11:03 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nellie, > > I agree -- Article 23(3) of the United Nations Universal Declaration of > Human Rights states: > > "Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration > ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, > and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection." > > This is one of the prime reasons the OER Foundation subscribes to the free > cultural works definition to respect the rights and freedom of individuals > to earn a living from OER. > > Since the inception of WikiEducator and the Learning4Content project -- to > date with generous funding support from the Hewlett Foundation the > Commonwealth of Learning we have paid a facilitators fee for the lead > facilitator of each workshop. We are also very fortunate because many > WikiEducators have volunteered and gifted their time as co-facilitators > (which we do not remunerate due to funding constraints.) I am proud to see > so many of our L4C facilitators who volunteer their time to support other > workshops as co-facilitators when they're not being paid as lead > facilitator. > > As Wikieducator grows and prepares for scaling-up and building a > sustainable OER ecosystem there will be more opportunities for us to honour > Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights :-). Working > together we will achieve these aims and every WikiEducator will be able to > contribute to our future success in a variety of roles. > > Lets make the future happen! > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > 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] >> > > > > -- > 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. 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