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WikiEducator

WikiEducator. A return to the traditions of the academy?. learning for development. Commonwealth of Learning.

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WikiEducator

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  1. WikiEducator A return to the traditions of the academy? learning for development

  2. Commonwealth of Learning • COL is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open and distance education knowledge, resources and technologies. “For my generation the great innovation was the course team. For the next I suspect that it will be Open Educational Resources.” Sir John Daniel learning for development

  3. Introducing WikiEducator A project focused on ... Turning tomorrow's promise of OER into today's reality A delicate balance... Between doing things right and doing the right thing learning for development

  4. What is the greatest challenge facing the future of education?

  5. The sustainability challenge 20% 80% Source: Justin Tilton and Jim Farmer, Learning Environment 2015 learning for development

  6. The cost of eLearning Cost categories Instructional design, multimedia design, editing etc. 20% 80% Academic authoring time learning for development

  7. The value proposition of OER Authoring and design costs shared among participating institutions learning for development

  8. WikiEducator We're turning the digital divide into digital dividends using free content and open networks. We hope you can help us. Voted best educational wiki, Steven Downes, Dec 2007 Inaugural recipient of the award for Exemplary Open Education Resource (OER) practices

  9. WikiEducator – July 2006

  10. Self-organisation Sociological self-organisation The network is a system of interconnected nodes and has no hierarchy or centre --- yet it adapts its own behaviour, and creates its own organization (Castells) Biological self-organisation “is a process in which pattern at the global level of a system emerges solely from numerous interactions among the lower-level components of the system. Moreover, the rules specifying interactions among the system's components are executed using only local information, without reference to the global pattern” (Camazine, Deneubourg, Franks, Sneyd, Theraulaz, Bonabeau)

  11. Strategic plan

  12. Established May 2006 - How is WikiEducator doing? - Who are our WikiEducators? - Why do they join our family?

  13. Cumulative site visits First million visits 19 months Second million visits 5 months

  14. Age distribution Our WE surprise? 51% > 45 years

  15. Current roles of WikiEducators

  16. Educational level and sector

  17. Why do you join WikiEducator?

  18. Gender Before Learning4Content was launched Male: 60% Female: 40%

  19. Distribution of edits among users

  20. How is WikiEducator governed?

  21. Exceeding strategic targets Target for a Community governance model Achieved 18 months in advance

  22. Community governance Countries Canada, India, Germany, New Zealand, Pakistan, Samoa, Uganda, USA, Zambia

  23. Can you give us examples of WikiEducator projects?

  24. OER Handbook (COSL)‏

  25. Creating a pdf collection • Add article • Create a collection • Save a collection • Share a collection

  26. Turning the promise of the future into today's reality Collaborative Authoring Content Cartridge Cost & Financing Study Guide LMS

  27. Learning4Content Tell me and I'll forget, show me and I may not remember, involve me, and I'll understand • conduct 160 workshops • train 2500 teachers/educators • 2500 lessons of free content • all Commonwealth Countries

  28. Meeting the community Victor Mensah, Zambia, Graduate 1st L4C workhop “WikiEducator is not only ground-breaking, its foresight is defining history, and must forever be developed and continued." NellieDeutsch, Israel, Graduate 3rd L4C workshop “WikiEducator is a place where I become we” Anil Prasad, India, L4C Facilitator in Sri Lanka “WikiEducator is my second home -- an online home!”

  29. What about sustainability?

  30. Capability phases

  31. Quality assurance and review

  32. A glimpse of the future?

  33. A new era of growth and opportunity Communique – 24 September 2008 “As of May 1, 2009, WikiEducator will be headquarterd at the new International Centre for Open Education, at Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin, New Zealand. Dr. Wayne Mackintosh will assume an executive role as the Founding Director of the International Centre for Open Education, and continue this groundbreaking work in leading the WikiEducator project, on a full-time basis.” “The WikiEducator Community is deeply grateful for the commitment, resources and support of the Commonwealth of Learning, in establishing and incubating the WE project to its current level of success.“

  34. An outstanding institutional pioneer Otago Polytechnic -- an impressive track record of firsts! • First Kiwi signatory of the Cape Town Open Education Declaration; • First institution in the world to adopt an OER IP Policy;

  35. Planning for sustainability Funding models • Endowment model • Membership model • Donations model • Sponsorship model • Government funding • Commercial model (Red Hat Linux)‏ http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/oers-in-sustainable-perspective

  36. WE's sustainable OER eco-system

  37. Business plan

  38. Our “competitive” advantage “We haven’t the money, so we’ve got to think” Sir Ernest Rutherford learning for development

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