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== About WikiEducator ==

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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:
= WikiEducator and the Commonwealth of Learning =

<span style="color: green">We're turning the digital ''divide'' into digital ''dividends'' using '''free content''' and '''open networks'''. We hope you can help us.</span>

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== About ==

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[[image:wikieducator_logo.jpg|frame|left]][http://www.wikieducator.org WikiEducator] is a community project working collaboratively with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Culture_movement 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;
* '''building capacity''' in the use of Mediawiki and related free software technologies for mass-collaboration in the authoring of free content;
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* fostering '''new technologies''' that will widen access, improve quality and reduce the cost associated with providing education, primarily through the use of free content.
* fostering '''new technologies''' that will widen access, improve quality and reduce the cost associated with providing education, primarily through the use of free content.


[http://www.col.org/colweb/site/pid/2833 Sir John Daniel], President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth of Learning is the patron of WikiEducator.
The Wikieducator strategy focuses on:


====Organizational affiliation====
* 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.


WikiEducator is a free community resource supported by the Commonwealth of Learning ([http://www.col.org COL]) for the development of free educational content.


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.
''Ideally, include photo taken with XO.''


== Team Members ==
== Team Members ==
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* Wayne Mackintosh


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* [[User:Mackiwg|Wayne Mackintosh]]
''Ideally, links to individual [[Educator template|educator]] user pages.''


== Location ==
== Location ==

''Physical address.''
Commonwealth of Learning (COL)<br>
1055 West Hastings Street, Suite 1200<br>
Vancouver, BC V6E 2E9<br>
Canada<br>

Tel: +1.604.775.8200
Fax: +1.604.775.8210


== Languages ==
== Languages ==

''Languages spoken.''
English


== Interests and Expertise ==
== Interests and Expertise ==

''List of relevant interests and expertise.''
* Open and distance learning
* Learning design for asynchronous learning
* Building capacity for free content development


== Current Projects ==
== Current Projects ==
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== Past Projects ==
== Past Projects ==
''List of completed OLPC-related projects.''
''List of completed OLPC-related projects.''

== Potential Projects ==
''Project ideas, projects under discussion''

* '''Wiki Collaboration''' - OLPC section on the wikieducator wiki; vice versa. Shared template/tutorial and style guide development (Wikieducator has excellent templates and images for use in mediawiki). Discussion of how our communities can work together -- shared plotting. Also,
:* interwiki links.
:* translation network connections.
* '''Content jams'''
:* Handouts for the classroom. work on problem collections or books. getting communities (small ones!) together to collab on this, work with a shared db and submit their work, also get inspiration / content from the same central community
:* University projects to run mini content jams - David Wiley
:* NGO projects to run larger or synchronized content jams
:* local communities to run evening / afternoon jams
* '''Free textbook projects''' -- work with India, Arab Free Text project, Polish Free Textbook project, XXI texts project [actually put them on-wiki], Freeculture efforts (high school & beyond)
* '''Content release cycles.''' multimedia and multiformat
:* libraries and collections to be used by software
:* media and materials useful to the software; where to find more
:* lesson ideas and workshop brainstorming around an activity
:* whitepapers that cover the focus of the release
:* connections and supporting groups
:* Publish shared cycles for releasing snapshots of books, wikipedia collections, news updates about the state of the world (similar to
what icommons do), &c.



== Resources ==
== Resources ==
* [[Wikieducator Content]]
* http://wikieducator.org - main site
* http://wikieducator.org/Content - list of topics and curricula
*''Links''
*''to''
*''relevant''
*''resources...''


[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Educational organizations]]
[[Category:Educational Organizations]]
[[Category:WikiEducator]]
[[Category:Content Repository]]

Latest revision as of 06:20, 13 November 2008


WikiEducator and the Commonwealth of Learning

We're turning the digital divide into digital dividends using free content and open networks. We hope you can help us.

About

Wikieducator logo.jpg

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.

Sir John Daniel, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth of Learning is the patron of WikiEducator.

Organizational affiliation

WikiEducator is a free community resource supported by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) for the development of free educational content.

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.

Team Members

Location

Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
1055 West Hastings Street, Suite 1200
Vancouver, BC V6E 2E9
Canada

Tel: +1.604.775.8200 Fax: +1.604.775.8210

Languages

English

Interests and Expertise

  • Open and distance learning
  • Learning design for asynchronous learning
  • Building capacity for free content development

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.

Potential Projects

Project ideas, projects under discussion

  • Wiki Collaboration - OLPC section on the wikieducator wiki; vice versa. Shared template/tutorial and style guide development (Wikieducator has excellent templates and images for use in mediawiki). Discussion of how our communities can work together -- shared plotting. Also,
  • interwiki links.
  • translation network connections.
  • Content jams
  • Handouts for the classroom. work on problem collections or books. getting communities (small ones!) together to collab on this, work with a shared db and submit their work, also get inspiration / content from the same central community
  • University projects to run mini content jams - David Wiley
  • NGO projects to run larger or synchronized content jams
  • local communities to run evening / afternoon jams
  • Free textbook projects -- work with India, Arab Free Text project, Polish Free Textbook project, XXI texts project [actually put them on-wiki], Freeculture efforts (high school & beyond)
  • Content release cycles. multimedia and multiformat
  • libraries and collections to be used by software
  • media and materials useful to the software; where to find more
  • lesson ideas and workshop brainstorming around an activity
  • whitepapers that cover the focus of the release
  • connections and supporting groups
  • Publish shared cycles for releasing snapshots of books, wikipedia collections, news updates about the state of the world (similar to

what icommons do), &c.


Resources

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