Dear All, I like the ideas out forth so far, but would like to suggest that we think of the name as a recruiting tool as well--for example: what terms might an individual, interested in what we offer, use on a search engine that would lead them to us. I suggest that for those who are not familiar with "wikieducator" the name may lead them to believe this has something to do with wikis. I do think the name needs to contain the term "open", but perhaps "college" is too strong a term? How about something like Open Education Academy or International Academy in Open Education?
Ellen Sent from my iPad On May 2, 2012, at 1:32 AM, "Anil Prasad" <aplett...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dr. Wayne and all other friends, > > It is very encouraging to note that we are unanimous in respect of the need > and definitely we have to finalize a name that shall not make any confusion. > The name Community College has already confused Harbans ji with the US > Community College system and Joyce has cautioned with humor that the name > is bound to confuse :) Therefore let us finalize a name through a rough > consensus poll as Dr. Wayne has suggested. > > Now we may give 10 days, ie upto May 10, 2012, for our WE friends to suggest > names as reply to this mail. Thereafter we will run a rough consensus poll > for another 7 days (ie from May 14 to 20, 2012) to select a name from the > nominations. > > We have two nominations already: > > Open World College - from Patricia and > WikiEducator Academy - from Dr. Wayne > Hi friends, now please add your nominations as reply to this mail. > > Dr Wayne, in his reply, has given an additional reason for us to be more > enthusiastic in this initiative "I think there are also exciting > opportunities to explore formal accreditation options for these training > opportunities through the OERu network in conjunction with open badges for > selected initiatives." > > Hurry up!!! > > -- > Warm regards > > Anil > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad > http://www.apletters.blogspot.com > > > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Wayne Mackintosh <mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Hi Anil, > > I think its an excellent idea to establish some form of "WikiEducator > Academy" who take leadership in promoting regular training opportunities. > This is a testament to our core community values of sharing knowledge for the > benefit of all educators. > > The concept of "WikiEducator Community College" could be confused with > Community Colleges in the US -- so I guess it would be worth exploring > alternatives. Post a request to the community asking for nominations and you > could run a rough consensus poll for choosing the name for this initiative. I > also think that when building a new volunteer community focus like this, that > formalizing the initiative too soon with Academic Council elections etc may > stall growth during the formative stages. That said, this is something which > a work group can consider as the project unfolds. > > I think there are also exciting opportunities to explore formal accreditation > options for these training opportunities through the OERu network in > conjunction with open badges for selected initiatives. > > Great idea! > > Wayne > > > > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Anil Prasad <aplett...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > First of all I would congratulate Harbans ji, Sebastian ji, Balqis, and Jonas > for getting WikiBuddy certifications though their proactive participation in > the WikiBuddy certification guidance week held from 23-04-2012 to 29-04-2012 > (http://wikieducator.org/Training:WikiBuddy_certification_guidance_week_23.09.2012 > ). They were the only participants (excluding a new user as the event was > for Wiki Apprentices). I also thank other three colleagues who encouraged the > event by offering facilitation support immediately on announcing the event > and Dr. Wayne for his moral support. > > Based on the thoughts and wiki conversations during the past week, I would > like to ask the community 'Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community > College for our WikiEducator members and those who aspire to join the WE > community?'. The abstract ideas are given below: > > The Objectives of the Community College Would be to: > conduct L4C as a regular course > conduct regular courses on Open Licensing > provide regular mentoring and certification services for wiki skills > development > provide opportunity to the community members to request mentoring of > experienced community memebrs > provide facility for conducting pedagogical experiments/ run pilot courses > for OERu implementation > and more..... > The WE Community members having wiki skill certification of and above the > level of WikiBuddy can by option register as a Community College Tutor/Mentor > The registered tutors/mentors wold elect an Academic Council for a 2 or three > year term > The Academic Council will Coordinate the functions of the Community College > The Academic Council will prepare Academic Calender for each academic year in > consultation with the registered tutors/mentors, WE community and WE > Community Council > The Academic Council will introduce new WE Community Courses in consultation > with the registered tutors/mentors, WE community and WE Community Council > ...and more.. > Your thoughts? > > -- > Warm regards > > Anil > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad > http://www.apletters.blogspot.com > > > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > Director OER Foundation > Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic > Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic > Founder and elected Community Council Member, WikiEducator > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter | identi.ca > Wikiblog > > > > > > -- > 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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