Alison, Randy The implementation of RTE will also impact on our training and support initiatives. We're in the final stages of polishing a set of revised RTE help tutorials to be used for WikiEducators who prefer WYSIWYG editing.
I agree -- we must continue to find creative ways to help and support educators to collaborate. The implementation of RTE removes a barrier to participation. I think this is also going to save considerable teaching time in our training efforts. The time we save in teaching standard wiki syntax can now be reinvested into helping WikiEducators become more collaborative. The wiki model is a new approach for the vast majority of our new users. For example: - 61.5% of new users indicate that WikiEducator is their first wiki account -- i.e. they have not created a wiki account on any other wiki - 65.7% of new users rate their wiki skills and competence to edit a wiki as "Beginner" (which which corresponds with the figure above.) To be fair, learning to collaborate in a wiki can be daunting for a newbie. Apart from learning how to edit, you need to know how to find collaborating partners, what tools / or wiki features support collaboration, what are the protocols and ethics around wiki collaboration etc. Would it make sense for us to develop a tutorial(s) on how to collaborate in WikiEducator? Would newbies find this useful? In this regard, I've just posted an email to our team of Learning4Content facilitators (as well as a copy of my message in the wiki). See: http://wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_rich_text_editor_tutorials/Planning_for_restructuring/reconfiguring_the_L4C_curriculum#Wayne.27s_note_to_L4C_facilitors_.288_Feb_2010.29. Be keen to hear your thoughts. Cheers Wayne On 8 February 2010 14:25, Alison Snieckus <alison.sniec...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congrats to Jim on the effective move. Well done. RTE is a powerful and > wonderful addition. And glad to know that some formerly hard edges have a > smoother finish. > > Randy, I agree that small groups working together is something that we > should work on. I'm going to be looking for opportunities to join in on > on-going projects. I think this is one way we can start to be more > collaborative. > > Alison > http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus > > > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Randy Fisher <wikira...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Savithri - you're right indeed. >> >> We've removed a barrier to entry. >> >> What would be a great next step, is to get individuals to cluster into >> small groups, to support each other in the development of their respective >> OERs. >> >> - Randy >> >> > -- > 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 wikieducator@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > -- 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 wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
