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Hi all,
With a group of people (mainly educators, not that many Wikimedians)
we have been playing with the Finnish Wikiversity on beta for
something like 6 months. It is in here:
http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/P%C3%A4%C3%A4sivu
The community has been pretty active and growing. There are also
number of ongoing study circles, study groups, courses etc.
Two months ago someone finally made a requests for new languages in
the meta. It is in here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/
Wikiversity_Finnish_2
Now we are a bit confused and do not really know what is still
missing if anything or how the process should move on from here.
Is there someone who could advice us?
- Teemu
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Teemu Leinonen
http://www.uiah.fi/~tleinone/
+358 50 351 6796
Media Lab
http://mlab.uiah.fi
University of Art and Design Helsinki
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Hello to all
CS, JA and PT are now open
Just wait some day to complete the import from betawikiversiti
These projects are under GFDL with the possibility of migration to CC-BY-SA
3.0
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http://crochet.david.online.fr (Cours de génie électrique et
d'électrotechnique)
Durova, in an interview, posted on YouTube, states her own real full name.
The identification of Durova, is now strewn widely across the internet.
Can we not repeat her own real full name in-Wiki ?
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Dear all,
You are invited to a focus group to look at pedagogies, teacher / learner roles and uses of e-learning within some alternative education initiatives. Please see the information sheet, abstract and reviews for more details (attached and linked below).
Date and time: June 12, 2008, 18:00 - 19:00
Location:
Room G13
King's College London
James Clerk Maxwell Building
57 Waterloo Road
London, U.K.
SE1 8WA
If you would like to attend, please rsvp. As this is a focus group, numbers may be limited, but there will be opportunities for future presentations and discussions, so if you can't attend but would like to register your interest or receive further information about the research, please let me know. If there are any other concerns about access or inclusion, please mention these.
For further information:
Information sheet<http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dd35z22w_69g8mzxmg3&hl=en> - http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dd35z22w_69g8mzxmg3&hl=en
Summary<http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Elearning_in_open_source_education> - http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Elearning_in_open_source_education
Preliminary abstract<http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dd35z22w_62dvmp3pg9&hl=en> - http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dd35z22w_62dvmp3pg9&hl=en
Review of initiatives - http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p6WXmymvh2rNk-MlHn_uBOA<http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p6WXmymvh2rNk-MlHn_uBOA>
Analysis of review<http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dd35z22w_87drg6nwhk> - http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dd35z22w_87drg6nwhk&hl=en<http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dd35z22w_87drg6nwhk&hl=en>
Feel free to share this email with others who may be interested.
Best wishes,
Brent Cunningham
Learning Technology Officer
Nursing & Midwifery
Kings College London
Rm 2.31 James Clerk Maxwell Building
57 Waterloo Road
London, SE1 8WA
0207 848 3916
brent.cunningham(a)kcl.ac.uk<mailto:brent.cunningham@kcl.ac.uk>
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Focus group information sheet
E-learning in 'open source' education
London, 12 June 2008
The focus group is reviewing a range of adult education initiatives, many within the radical / critical tradition, looking at their educational approaches, teacher / learner roles and uses of e-learning1. A key premise of the research is that many of these approaches can be characterised as 'open source education. This concept is derived from computer software development and refers to collaborative teaching and learning where the distinction between teachers and students is rethought (Dillon & Bacon 2006).
During the focus group we will discuss the potential value of these approaches and their uses of e-learning. There will be a presentation of the main ideas, an opportunity to view some of the websites and discussion both in smaller groups and the main group. It is free, open to anyone who is interested and attendance is voluntary. No specific knowledge is required. There will be light refreshments.
The focus questions will be:
* How might pedagogical ideas from these approaches be useful to educators and learners generally?
* How might e-learning ideas or techniques from these be useful to educators and learners generally?
* Any other related comments?
The research is mainly exploratory and aiming to begin evaluating the idea of 'open source education', identifying pedagogical and e-learning ideas or techniques from such approaches that can be useful. It is hoped that the focus group will be engaging for participants and stimulate discussion.
The main themes and ideas will be noted during the focus group and reported as part of the research. Individual contributions will not be recorded. This will anonymise contributions while obtaining the core ideas of participants. The aim of the focus group is to obtain ideas and not to analyse the participants themselves at all.
This research project is being undertaken as part of a postgraduate short course 'Researching e-learning' offered by University College London with the support of King's College London. The research will be carried out in accordance with institutional ethical guidelines (UCL, 2006) and the British Educational Research Association ethical guidelines (BERA, 2004). No specific risks have been identified for this research but if you experience any detriment, please inform the researcher.
Invitations are being extended to staff, students and project participants. Attendees may meet other people that they know, for example colleagues, students or lecturers, but the focus group is not related to any course work or professional roles. There may be some controversial ideas and divergent opinions.
All attendees to the focus group will be provided with this information sheet and will need to sign a copy to indicate consent to participate under the conditions described here and consent for the use of the notes from group discussions for research purposes. These consent forms will be safely retained and participants will not be identified as part of the research. While you are free to leave the group at any time, the consent to use the notes for research purposes cannot be withdrawn after the focus group has begun. Participants will be invited to have access to the research results.
For further information about the research please contact the researcher. You can view the preliminary abstract at http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dd35z22w_62dvmp3pg9 and other documents are linked below. The agenda and process for the focus group are available at: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dd35z22w_90dt29t3cr. These documents will also be available in hard copy on the day.
1E-learning: "Learning facilitated and supported through the use of information and communications technology" (JISC, 2008).
Consent and further information
Name: _____________________________
Email (optional): ______________________________
Would you like access to the research results? Yes / No. (If Yes, please include email address above).
Signature indicating consent to participation:
___________________________
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Documents
Summary - http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Elearning_in_open_source_education
Preliminary abstract - http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dd35z22w_62dvmp3pg9&hl=en
Review of initiatives - http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p6WXmymvh2rNk-MlHn_uBOA
Analysis of review - http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dd35z22w_87drg6nwhk&hl=en
Some example websites
Pirate University - http://www.pirate-university.org
School of Everything - http://www.schoolofeverything.com/
The Travelling School of Life - http://www.tsolife.org
University of the Third Age - http://www.u3a.org.uk
University of Openess - http://uo.twenteenthcentury.com
Wikiversity - http://en.wikiversity.org
References:
Dillon, T., Bacon, S., 2006. Opening Education. The potential of open source approaches for education. Bristol: http://www.futurelab.org.uk
British Educational Research Association (BERA), 2004. Revised ethical guidelines for educational research. Notts: BERA.
Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), 2008. e-Learning. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/themes/elearning.aspx. Bristol: JISC/HEFCE. [Accessed 13-02-2008].
University College London (UCL), 2006. UCL Research Ethics Committee. http://www.grad.ucl.ac.uk/ethics [Accessed 15-02-2008].
Brent Cunningham
Learning Technologist
King's College London, UK
+44 (0)20 7848 3916
brent.cunningham(a)kcl.ac.uk
per request
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From: Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:27 PM
Subject: [Textbook-l] Fwd: The Open High School of Utah
To: Wikimedia textbook discussion <textbook-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
If someone could forward this to the wikiversity mailing list too (I
assume there is one?), that would be cool.
thanks,
Brianna
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From: Jessica Coates <j2.coates(a)qut.edu.au>
Date: 2008/5/19
Subject: [cc-au] FW: [unesco-oer] The Open High School of Utah
To: "cc-au(a)lists.ibiblio.org" <cc-au(a)lists.ibiblio.org>,
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Hi
Pretty cool announcement below - might be of interest to the educators
on these lists.
Jessica Coates
Project Manager
Creative Commons Clinic
Queensland University of Technology
ph: 07 3138 8301
fax: 07 3138 9598
email: j2.coates(a)qut.edu.au
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From: David Wiley [david.wiley(a)gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, 16 May 2008 4:51 AM
To: iiep-oer-opencontent(a)communities.unesco.org
Subject: [unesco-oer] The Open High School of Utah
Everyone,
I'm very pleased to announce the formal establishment of the Open High
School of Utah. OHSU is a publicly funded high school in Utah, USA,
whose charter commits it to using ONLY open educational resources. The
school will be 100% online and 100% OER, opening to Utah 9th grade
students next fall in 2009.
As you can imagine, there is a large amount of material that needs to
be located, aggregated, and even developed in order to support a high
school running exclusively on OERs. I'm very hopeful that we can find
ways to collaborate to put together this curriculum for the OHSU, and
I am even more hopeful that we can find ways to repurpose this
curriculum in your own local contexts for the benefit of you and your
neighbors.
Preliminary information is available online at http://openhighschool.org/
David
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With less than three months to go until the fourth annual Wikimania
conference, registration has finally opened and will remain so until
the 15th of June. This year Wikimania starts with the a promise to
"Change the Shape of Wisdom" as it is hosted by Bibliotheca
Alexandrina, the reincarnation of the ancient Library of Alexandria,
one of pillars of this Earth when Philosophy and Wisdom are bought
into question. In Alexandria, from the 17th to the 19th of July, ideas
will be shared and discussed between people from all over the globe,
once again igniting the golden cosmopolitan age of the city.
As always, the conference will take place over 4 different tracks,
with a variety of speakers: Keynote, invited, and other. The
conference tracks this year are:
* Wikimedia Communities - Interesting projects and particularities
within the communities; policy creation within individual projects;
conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity;
multilingualism, languages and cultures; social studies.
* Free Knowledge - Open access to information; ways to gather and
distribute free knowledge, usage of the Wikimedia projects in
education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and
usability; copyright laws and other legal areas that interfere with
Wikimedia projects. Free Content in Middle-East/Africa countries.
* Technical infrastructure - Issues related to MediaWiki development
and extensions; Wikimedia hardware layout; new ideas for development
(including usable case studies from other wikis or similar projects).
* Scientific track - Papers submitted to the scientific track were
peer reviewed by scientific standards and accepted or rejected based
on these reviews. The papers will be published in proceedings
afterwards. Based on the number and the quality of the submission, a
journal special issue may be pursued
This year the conference is taking an interesting direction that hopes
to enlighten third world and Middle Eastern countries about the new
digital realm that is continuously expanding and evolving; as such,
along with many well reputed figures, an emphasis has been put on
bringing in Arab speakers. Speakers include Ahmed N. Tantawy, the
Technical Director of IBM in the Middle East; Eliane Metni, the
founding director of the International Education Association; Tim
Spalding, the founder and lead developer of LibraryThing; Eric M.
Johnson, the team leader for the Knowledge Management Action Team at
the U.S. Department of State; and Usama Fayyad, Yahoo!'s executive
vice president of Research & Strategic Data Solutions.
Take part on one of the most important IT events of the year. Check
the registration prices online.
<http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration>
While these prices do not include accommodation, the local team has
taken the effort to make all sorts of housing opportunities available,
starting from dorms up to luxury hotel rooms. Check these when your
registering. You will also be pleased to know that transportation is
available to and from Cairo International Airport in the 2 days before
and after the conference.
And what is a gathering without fun? Tours and parties are being
planned out for the participants of the event. After all Alexandria is
cultural city that brims with hospitality and the main idea of the
event is to provide a gathering place.
Hope to see you there!
The Wikimania Local Team
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