Hi Wayne, I like the WikiChampion. She has got a point. cheers, Patricia On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Carol, > > Welcome to the list! > > I share your advocacy for gender neutral terminology, and this is well > aligned with WIkiEducator's Open Community Governance Policy which is rooted > in the following shared values: > > *diversity, freedom, innovation, transparency, equality, inclusivity, > empowerment, human dignity, wellbeing and sustainability*. > > Reflecting back on the development of the typology -- the community intent > was to associate the typology with the notions of mastery based on the > metaphor of a mentored apprenticeship process. > > I invite you to join the workgroup which is reviewing the criteria of our > community certification model ( > http://wikieducator.org/WikiMaster/Workgroup) as this would be a good time > to revisit the terminology. > > It would be great to get a rough consensus from members on the list > regarding your thoughts about changing the nomenclature. > > Pending a positive response, we can then discuss alternatives in the > workgroup and assess the activities and actions required for changing the > typology (for example -- the emplates used across the wiki, updating all the > tutorials and references to the typology, and finding volunteers to > implement the changes etc.) > > Thanks Carol -- great contribution. > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > On 25 July 2010 10:44, Carol <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all >> I'm new to this group, so "Hi" to everyone. >> >> I co-facilitating the current WikiEducator workshop and I came across >> the WikiMaster certification. >> >> Now I am a great advocate of using gender-neutral terminology. >> >> I know that master could be thought of as mastery of a skill/subject >> but even so the term has a long history of being associate with male >> activity, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master. With origins in >> Medieval Guilds which of course were only open to men. >> >> I would like to propose that a gender-neutral term be found. >> >> For example WikiExpert, Guru, Principal, Champion, Pro, Virtuoso >> >> What are your thoughts? >> >> Best wishes >> >> Carol >> >> -- >> 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 OER Foundation: www.oerfoundation.org > Director, International Centre for Open Education, > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > 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]
