Thank you, Anil. Much appreciate this Patricia On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Anil Prasad <aplett...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Patricia, no worries. Community would love to explore all possibilities > and values all efforts. Moreover you are an integral part of our community > by mentoring it from the very beginning. See you tomorrow in your time zone > - here it is tomorrow already :) take care > > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Patricia Schlicht < > patri...@oerfoundation.org> wrote: > >> Hi Anil, >> >> I would have created it on WE, if I had known that we had a poll >> application on WE. I don't have the luxury of working with Wayne directly >> anymore, so am not a the root of new developments all the time. >> >> I have taken the poll I had created off of FB not to confuse people We >> will upload the new WE poll once ready. I tried to to do this tonight. I am >> so sorry, I can't, I am exhausted and my mind doesn't think straight and >> doesn't want to kick into gear, to do more. I am on overloaded at work and >> I am struggling with a serious health issue. I wanted to help when Wayne >> wrote. Will look at it tomorrow again. >> Cheers >> >> Patricia >> >> >> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Anil Prasad <aplett...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Dear Patricia, >>> >>> >>> >>> Excellent work! Thank you very much for moving forward with the >>> preparations for conducting the poll based on the nominations received. I >>> am also in favour of conducting the poll in WikiEducator using the poll >>> widget as Dr. Wayne and you have discussed. As per the tentative >>> schedule announced earlier in the other discussion thread for nominations, >>> we will run the current ‘Nomination Session’ till May 10, 2012’ and the >>> rough >>> consensus poll from May 14 to 20, 2012. I think it will give sufficient >>> time for the idea to reach maximum number of community members and time for >>> you to try poll widget. >>> >>> >>> >>> After the poll and selection of a name, we may create a WE work group to >>> formulate the business procedure for this new community initiative. It will >>> be nice to have all the contributors to this discussion thread and the main >>> thread on nominations on board the WE work group as well. >>> >>> >>> >>> Go ahead and create the WE page for poll! – These are thrilling moments >>> for our WE community! I will also be joining you and Dr.Wayne there. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Warm regards >>> >>> Anil >>> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad >>> http://www.apletters.blogspot.com >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 4:02 AM, Wayne Mackintosh < >>> mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> No worries Patricia, >>>> >>>> The poll widget is relatively new and we have trialed this with a few >>>> polls - it should work rather well for this purpose. >>>> >>>> Let me know where you set up the page in the wiki to keep track of this >>>> project and I will help set up the widget. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Wayne >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Patricia Schlicht >>>> <pschli...@col.org>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I agree with you, Wayne, just didn’t know we had such application. *** >>>>> * >>>>> >>>>> Cheers,**** >>>>> >>>>> Patricia**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> *From:* wikieducator@googlegroups.com [mailto: >>>>> wikieducator@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Wayne Mackintosh >>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:27 PM >>>>> *To:* wikieducator@googlegroups.com >>>>> *Cc:* wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com; >>>>> aplett...@gmail.com >>>>> *Subject:* Re: [WikiEducator] Cast your vote in a poll: shall we >>>>> establish a WikiEducator Community College?**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> Hi Patricia,**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> Great to see international community collaboration in moving this idea >>>>> forward.**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> I'm wondering whether it wouldn't be better to host the poll on >>>>> WikiEducator. For two reasons:**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> - We remain true to our community values associated with the free >>>>> cultural works definition and commitment to using free software. (The >>>>> trouble with a Facebook poll is that the data will default to all >>>>> rights >>>>> reserved and will not be openly licensed and Facebook is non-free >>>>> software.) >>>>> **** >>>>> - Hosting the poll on WikiEducator will ensure that we can keep an >>>>> accurate history of this important process.**** >>>>> >>>>> We have a poll widget on WikiEducator (see for example the current >>>>> poll on design decisions for the OERu). **** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your initiative in setting up a poll -- but at the same >>>>> time, lets consider walking the talk in terms of our open values for >>>>> community initiatives ;-)**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> Cheers**** >>>>> >>>>> Wayne**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Patricia Schlicht <pschli...@col.org> >>>>> wrote:**** >>>>> >>>>> Dear All,**** >>>>> >>>>> **** >>>>> >>>>> I loved the exchanges and the community participation in trying to >>>>> find a suitable name for the new WE activities of establishing a >>>>> “‘WikiEducator Community College”. **** >>>>> >>>>> **** >>>>> >>>>> I thought perhaps we could make a bit easier to vote on the many >>>>> suggestions made, and so I have created a poll, using a FB application. >>>>> **** >>>>> >>>>> **** >>>>> >>>>> I hope I have captured all suggested ideas for the naming convention. >>>>> *Please cast your vote by clicking on the link below*. You will be >>>>> asked to log into your Facebook account after your clicked on the link, >>>>> which will take you to the Poll Application. Click on “Go to App” and you >>>>> can cast your vote.**** >>>>> >>>>> To give people a chance to do so, they will need a bit of time, so how >>>>> about we say cast your vote *by the end of Sunday, May 6, 2012? ***** >>>>> >>>>> **** >>>>> >>>>> Is this acceptable to you all?**** >>>>> >>>>> **** >>>>> >>>>> Anil, I hope this is helpful**** >>>>> >>>>> **** >>>>> >>>>> http://apps.facebook.com/opinionpolls/**** >>>>> >>>>> **** >>>>> >>>>> Warm wishes**** >>>>> >>>>> Patricia**** >>>>> >>>>> **** >>>>> >>>>> *Patricia Schlicht***** >>>>> >>>>> *Programme Assistant ***** >>>>> >>>>> COMMONWEALTH OF LEARNING **** >>>>> >>>>> *LEARNING FOR DEVELOPMENT*. **** >>>>> >>>>> COL is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads >>>>> of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open learning >>>>> and >>>>> distance education knowledge, resources and technologies. **** >>>>> >>>>> Suite 1200 - 1055 West Hastings Street, Vancouver BC V6E 2E9 Canada >>>>> PH: +1.604.775.8227 | FAX: +1.604.775.8210 | WEB: www.col.org | >>>>> E-MAIL: pschli...@col.org **** >>>>> >>>>> *Announcement: **Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education will co-host >>>>> COL’s Seventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF7) in Abuja, in >>>>> November 2013. 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