On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > As you know, WikiEducator is a wiki which subscribes to the values of the > free culture --- and we don't want to be anything else when we grow up :-) > > However, WikiEducator is the first wiki account created by the majority of > our new users and some educators may not be aware that their edits are > published transparently on the Internet. I've clarified the copyright notice > which is displayed for every edit before clicking the save button as > follows: > > "All edits are published to the Internet and you are personally responsible > for your contributions which may be reused, revised, remixed and > redistributed." > > In this way we maintain and respect the freedom of our contributors. > > Cheers > Wayne > >
It is interesting to note that those new to wiki may not realize the level of transparency. I wonder if many also realize the general advantages to transparency vs. "hiding" (related to the broader concept of "sharing"). A core driver for the success of WikiEducator community is very likely the sharing of content. So, making your shared contributions transparent is vital helping everyone benefit from what is shared. In turn, each of us as individuals benefit from what everyone else in the community shares. > > > > -- > 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] -- -- Sam Rose Future Forward Institute and Forward Foundation Tel:+1(517) 639-1552 Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451 skype: samuelrose email: [email protected] http://forwardfound.org http://socialsynergyweb.org/culturing http://flowsbook.panarchy.com/ http://socialmediaclassroom.com http://localfoodsystems.org http://notanemployee.net http://communitywiki.org http://p2pfoundation.net "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition." - Carl Sagan -- 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]
