I agree with Wayne's and Jan's comments, Jane. I was thinking along the same lines as it make a lot of sense.
Cheers, Patricia From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jan Visser Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 9:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [WikiEducator] Re: Culinary Education Project I haven't really been following these discussions as I am still convalescing from major surgery, so I'm not sure if this has already been brought up, but it would be great if a Culinary Education Project were an integral part of teaching and learning about nutrition and how it affects our health, both positively and negatively, as well as how food production and the environment interact with each other. Jan -- Jan Visser, Ph.D. President & Sr. Researcher, Learning Development Institute E-mail: [email protected] Check out: http://www.learndev.org and http://www.facebook.com/learndev Blog: http://jvisser-ldi.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wayne Mackintosh Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 4:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Culinary Education Project Hi Jane, I also think its worth thinking about ways in which OERs like this can be integrated into formal teaching, for example the different schools of Catering and hospitality in the New Zealand Polytechnic sector. As Otago Polytechnic has a default Creative Commons Attribution licensing policy and strong commitment to OER -- I think this is worth exploring as well. Cheers Wayne On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Jane Scripps <[email protected]> wrote: This is such a supportive reply, thank you, I feel like I have a blank canvas on which to create, what a gift. I will have a think about it and then start creating. In thanks Jane On Nov 29, 10:16 am, Patricia Schlicht <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Jane, > Wow your background sounds very interesting and most definitely you would > have all it takes to develop training materials for our global community to > use locally. The good thing about WikiEducator is that you can take anything > and make it fit for your local environment. I see many things that could be > created just looking at your background, which I find inspiring. > > Just recently a few months ago there was another culinary expert, I will try > to find him, can't be that difficult, which would already make two, if he > is interested. > > As you say, the Culinary Site is in its infancy, born out of an interest to > cook myself and interest in ethnic cusine for all to share and enjoy. You > can make the site whatever you want it to be, because we are an open > community, so with consent of others involved, you can take a direction and > go for it. The site could have several components with different people > working on different goals. If you want to take the lead, feel free. What > you will find that goat keeping and all that is involved will find interest > in Africa and Asia and there again you will find others to help you. This is > the beauty of collaboration. The initial challenge is to find like-minded > people. Do you want to be a member of WikiEducator Teacher Collaboration > Portal as well. Some 1000+ people are on this site and I am sure it will > open up other avenues. I can subsribe you to the site, if you would like. > > You will find the WikiEducator community very generous in giving time and > effort which is why we are all here, so the sky is the limit. > > My suggestion would be to create project page, maybe a subpage of the > existing Cullinary Education site, which you invite people to contribute, > calling for team members, and announcing this on the discussion forums, > develop a concept note, a project plan, goals and targets, tutorials etc. It > has been done with other projects successfull. Collaboration is one of > WikiEducator's strong points and if you take your skills and apply them to > what needs to be done, you will end up with a very sustainable project that > can be used by everyone. > > We an open transparent, open online community, so all is done out in the > open. You will also find that people will join you along the way which is > always very helpful and maybe you will come out with materials that can be > taught on WikiEducator, which is useful to many more than you envision right > now. > > When you believe in the cause of an undertaking, your beliefs will become > your thoughts, your thoughts will become your action and your action will > become your passion. Consequently, your passion is not work but the source > of satisfaction, fulfilment and and joy, it is really up to you. > > Warm wishes > Patricia > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Jane Scripps <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > A bit about my background. Chef and hospitality training for 3 years > > in England; I was very fortunate to go to the 2nd best training site > > [at that time] in the UK, and worked with some inspired people, 2 of > > which authored the texts used for training for over 20 years. Lots of > > work opportunities around the UK both during term time and in holiday > > breaks. Then to Marks and Spencer Ltd, then the byword in corporate > > training, to enter Catering Management and take on various small and > > large sites, that meant small and large stores, ending up at the No 2 > > store at that time, and involved in corporate catering as well as > > industrial and store management. On emigration to NZ I worked in the > > hospo industry for while and then entered tertiary education > > designing, teaching, assessing and moderating chefing, front of house > > and other things. Onto national training advisor for the industry and > > then to a new city and parent hood and combining similar work with > > raising kids. More recently I have set up the Modern Apprenticeship > > scheme and Adult Community Education scheme in my city for my then > > employer. As part of my new business I will provide work place > > assessment. > > > My thoughts on the above Project. > > > I understand this project is in its infancy and that is such a good > > time to get involved. You may have read media coverage of the increase > > in interest of food grown and cooked locally, but informed by > > international nutritional knowledge. We are all aware of water > > scarcity and the regular stress large communities are put under by > > natural disasters. Whilst this project can deal with all this I think > > it would be worth while discussing linking organiponica based > > community garden development with the use of produce in various > > recipes. Perhaps down the line incorporating the keeping of goats and > > making products from their milk, chickens and their eggs etc. > > > We would need to decide on a goal and plan towards it, then the tools > > we would use to facilitate it, film clips, images, visiting > > specialists. Before we start I would like to see who else would like > > to be involved and how we could network out. I will tap my chef > > colleagues for their support and may find one or two of altruistic > > persuasion, cross fingers. > > > What do you think? > > > -- > > 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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