WikiEducator

About WikiEducator

WikiEducator is a community project working collaboratively with the Free Culture Movement towards a free version of the education curriculum by 2015. Driven by the learning for development agenda we focus on:

• building capacity in the use of Mediawiki and related free software technologies for mass-collaboration in the authoring of free content;
• developing free content for use in schools, polytechnics, universities, vocational education institutions and informal education settings;
• facilitating the establishment of community networks and collaboration with existing free content initiatives in education;
• fostering new technologies that will widen access, improve quality and reduce the cost associated with providing education, primarily through the use of free content.

The Wikieducator strategy focuses on:

• Building the capacity and skills of the community to engage meaningfully in the mass-collaboration required for the design and development of high quality learning resources, for example capacity building workshops.
• Developing free content and knowledge to support the development of open communities and free content developers so that resources can be reused in multiple contexts.
• Ensuring smart connections through appropriate networks, ecosystems and the smart implementation of free software solutions to fill the gaps between existing mainstream technologies and the unique requirements of asynchronous learning thus widening the reach and access of free content in the developing world. This is achieved through community nodes on WikiEducator, technology think tank meetings, and fostering strategic relationships with the freedom culture.

Ideally, include photo taken with XO.

Team Members

• Wayne Mackintosh

Ideally, links to individual educator user pages.

Location

Physical address.

Languages

Languages spoken.

Interests and Expertise

List of relevant interests and expertise.

Current Projects

List of projects related to OLPC, eg:

Educational Activities

Designing activities and lesson plans for use with XO.

Past Projects

List of completed OLPC-related projects.

Resources

• http://wikieducator.org - main site
• http://wikieducator.org/Content - list of topics and curricula
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