Hi everyone,
I think it's been announced here already, but we now have the particulars
finalised. Sydney Wikimedians will be meeting up at the steps of Town Hall
(or underneath at the entrance to the train station if it's raining) at 5pm
on Wednesday, 25 April. Everyone is welcome.
Regards,
Enoch
On 4/22/07, Sandra Ordonez <sordonez(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Does anyone have contacts in Australia or Japan, that might be
> interested in sponsoring Wikimania?
There's nothing concrete proposed for next year at
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Australia#Sponsorship_opportu…>
yet. Does anyone on this list have any suggestions for sponsoring
Wikimania in Taipei this year?
Angela
Hi all,
Confusing Manefestation has proposed we hold a meeting on May 6. I have
suggested a time of 7PM to hold this meeting.
How does this fit with people?
This can be discussed at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Australia/Meeting_6 or here.
Cheers,
Nathan
Hi folks
Introducing Alex Hayes to the Wikimedia-AU mob. And vice versa =)
You folks may have met already I just thought this post felt like
it would be of interest to other AU wikimedians.
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From: alexanderhayes <alexanderhayes1969(a)gmail.com>
Date: Apr 12, 2007 5:17 PM
Subject: :: TALO :: NSW LearnScope : Wiki
To: Teach and Learn Online <teachAndLearnOnline(a)googlegroups.com>
As you you will be aware no doubt I'm trying to unlearn years of
competitive advantage and other social conditioning which plays havoc
with the real discussions never mind content that others could benefit
from.
Free ranging has gone to the dogs here at work with the new firewalls
and so I've been exploring with a whole heap of other colleagues just
how to realise collaborative work spaces and places that are not so
disparate and filled with shitty ads. and the like. and get something
thats hosted but open and secure connected at least. Soemthing with
choice perhaps and a few more crooks and crannies to explore -
http://www.nswlearnscope.com/wiki
Chris Harvey (GNUChris) has done a lot for my sanity lately helping us
with advice and ways forward with the NSW LearnScope wiki which I've
struggled with as a concept but not as a workspace. For a start every
LS member will be required ( or at least encouraged ) to at least
register a username place. Each project has a team page to dump stuff
in but of course the only real thing that matters is getting
contribution out of Sharepoint and emails and other dump arse places
to put knowledge and into these discussion spaces......even if they
get buried at least they are out here somewhere.
MediaWiki is intense and fills my head. It's a wierd and wacky mix of
everything and another language but a good one. I'm learning lots
cause - I know cause my minds full and I'm begun building my own wiki.
Leigh does a lot for my confidence too - i constantly where possible
try to keep track of stuff he's up to .....and Bee et al.
WikiEducator etc.
I suppose i'm just letting you guys know that I may not fly around the
world and have much to say that you can use but I'm giving it a go.
I'm trying to encourage others to share and grow stuff. It's all very
interesting anyways.
Keep cool. See you in school.
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>
> From: "Janet Hawtin" <lucychili(a)gmail.com >
> To: Wikimedia-au <wikimediaau-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:23:32 +0930
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Who is alive?
> On 4/10/07, Enoch Lau < elau8465(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm around as well... though I'm in the wrong city. Melbourne seems to
> be
> > more active for Wikimedians than Sydney :)
>
> Well I am saving up for a ticket to the Jimmy Wales thing.
> Theres one of those in Sydney.
> I reckon it should be a blast. Will be interesting to see how web2
> read write-ness
> meshes with our Australian education sector.
> Janet
>
> > Those April Fools interviews amounted to nothing it seems - Wikipedia
> didn't
> > seem to be terribly interesting this year for either The Age or the SMH
> to
> > write about.
> >
> > Enoch
Janet, aren't you in Adelaide? Pop by [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Adelaide]] - we've
got Jimmy for breakfast before the seminar.
Oh, and I'm still here, lurking in the shadows. In fact, I think this is my
first post.
CJ
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From: Leigh Blackall <leighblackall(a)gmail.com>
Date: Apr 10, 2007 3:19 PM
Subject: :: TALO :: interested in wikieducator, wikis generally, or free and
open learning content?
To: teachAndLearnOnline(a)googlegroups.com
Vancouver, CommonWealth of Learning, ideas for WikiEducator
http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/vancouver-commonwealth-of-learn…
<http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/vancouver-commonwealth-of-learn…>
I'm on my way to Vancouver to meet with people associated with the
Commonwealth of Learning's WikiEducator initiative for the Tectonic Shift
Think Tank <http://www.wikieducator.org/Tectonic_shift_think_tank>. They're
having a gathering to discuss the possibilities and limitations of the
MediaWiki platform and related free and open source software for developing
free and open learning resources. Over three days people will present
visions for WikiEducator and its platform and we will work towards setting
goals and objectives for further development.
Extending from an earlier post My Vision for
WikiEducator<http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/my-vision-for-wikieducator/>,
where I talk about the need for the platform to be able to aggregate and
embed media from other platforms and then represent that content for
embedding back into other platforms… I'd like to point to other thoughts and
ideas that represent a wider vision I share.
1. Pay it Forward
Learning<http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2005/12/22/pay-it-forward-courses-model-in…>.
An idea presented to NSW TAFE Outreach coordinators in 2005 as a way to
offer free, or more accessible learning opportunities through the use of
wiki type technology and processes. This project sees the engagement of
learners in the actual development of learning resources through a formal
recognition and even payment process.
2. Brent Simpson's various
notes<http://pedagogyofthecompressed.blogspot.com/2007/04/what-do-wiki-want.html>.
Pointing out a few shortcomings on the mediaWiki platform, some ideas for
improvement, and some positive possitioning of the eXe project to support
WikiEducator developments
3. Constructivist/constructionist Learning – Wikiversity
discussion<http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/the-gold-in-a-wiki-is-often-in-…>.
The thoughts of – the gold in a wiki is in the discussion pages – where the
focus in less on the actual content, but on using the process of content
creation as a structure for learning.
4. Training Packages
Unwrapped<http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2006/11/22/shaggy-rules/>.
An Australian project developed by Peter Shanks that takes Australian
Training Unit Standards out of their RTF and PDF formats, and makes them
available in a number of other formats, including MediWiki text. This
project has generated some measure of interest in Australian eLearning
innovation circles, and is already being used by a number of teachers in the
development of learning resources on both WikiEducator and Wikiversity
initiatives. It is a very fast way to create a basic structure for a
resource based on a recognised criteria for learning the subject.
5. Michael Nelson, Web Design –
Wikiversity<http://liveandletlearn.net/my-vision-for-learners-in-the-21st-century/>.
Michael has been using Training Packages Unwrapped and Wikiversity to
develop learning resources for Web Design. He has described compelling ideas
inspired by that experience, how he can conceivably see a relationship
forming between teachers, students, industry and the Australian Training
Authority where openness in expressions of unit standards not only helps
teachers and students to engage with and understand them, but would help to
keep each unit standard up to date and relevant.
In New Zealand, Training Unit
Standards<http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/index.html>have been used
for longer than
Australia <http://www.ntis.gov.au/>, and in some subject areas the inustry
body charged with maintaining the unit standards have allowed some units to
fall out of date, to a point of not being usable. The WikiEducator
initiative could help to solve this problem by negotiating with National
Training Unit Standard bodies for permission and encouragement to use
expressions of unit standards as a basic structure for starting a resource
and to compare unit standards internationally.
Using Training Unit Standards on WikiEducator would provide vocational
teachers - who's work is largely defined by such standards - a big reason to
use the platform.
Speaking from general experience, collaboration on resource development is
not a primary or even secondary factor normally considered by teachers in
the vocational sector. Most teachers have a hard time achieving cooperation
and collaborative relationships with their immediate peers let alone
students, industry and the wider community, and so it is difficult to
perceive and appreciate the usefulness of learning to use a wiki (with all
its limitations) and then to overcome some level of nervousness in exposing
their work to audiences wider than their students. This is of course
something that is changing as the successes of Wikipedia and Web2 generally
become more widely appreciated, but it will be some time yet, if ever,
before a wiki is considered before a photocopier, PowerPoint, basic Word
handout all delivered over a legacy Learning Management System [image: :(]
I hope this meeting will think hard about these realities in some parts of
the CommonWealth at least, and that we can think of ways to improve the
situation.
Like Brent, I would also like to extend an invitation to anyone else who has
some ideas that could help the WikiEducator initiative.
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