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Building Sustainable Projects and Communities

Building Sustainable Projects and Communities. Randy Fisher October 15, 2009 For audio call Toll Free 1 - 888-886-3951 and use PIN/code 152961. Housekeeping. Maximize your CCC Confer window. Mute your phone (*6) if you have visitors or noise in your office.

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Building Sustainable Projects and Communities

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  1. Building Sustainable Projects and Communities Randy Fisher October 15, 2009 For audio call Toll Free 1-888-886-3951 and use PIN/code 152961

  2. Housekeeping • Maximize your CCC Confer window. • Mute your phone (*6) if you have visitors or noise in your office. • Please note phone audio may be in presenter-only mode. • Ask questions over the phone when the presenter prompts. • Ask questions throughout presentation via the chat window.

  3. Adjusting your computer audio • To listen on your computer, adjust your speaker volume • If you’re using a phone, click on phone headset. • To speak you’ll need a microphone or USB headset. a) First, run the audio wizard Tools/Audio/Audio Setup Wizard. b) Second, press on the mic icon when it’s available (release when finished speaking)

  4. Saving Files & Open/close Captions • Save chat window with floppy disc icon • Open/close captioning window with CC icon

  5. Emoticons and Polling • Raise hand and Emoticons • Polling options

  6. Sustainability • "Community spirit is the most sustainable and renewable energy there is." • - Rock Radovan, President, Sustainable Ottawa Slide 10

  7. Open Education is… • …a sustainable and renewable resource. Slide 10

  8. Open Education is about… • Building Community… Slide 10

  9. WikiEducator We're turning the digital divide into digital dividends using free content and open networks. We hope you can help us. Inaugural recipient of the award for Exemplary Open Education Resource (OER) practices Voted best educational wiki, Steven Downes, Dec 2007 Slide 5

  10. Strategic plan Slide 7

  11. WikiEducator A Community of Shared Interests Slide 1 Randy Fisher, International Centre for Open Education, 2009

  12. Learning4Content workshops > 3,500 educators 100 workshops 110 countries 18 months Learning4Content Slide 14

  13. Age distribution Our WE surprise? 50% > 45 years Slide 10

  14. Current roles of WikiEducators Slide 11

  15. Educational level and sector Slide 12

  16. Why do you join WikiEducator? Slide 13

  17. Open, Self-Organizing Communities • “The great thing about open self-organizing communities is that spontaneous and more structured approaches can be nurtured in parallel with each other in the wiki. • The glue which keeps this together and provides positive direction for the WE project are our community values. Ultimately, the core value of sharing knowledge freely.” -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Founder, WikiEd Project Slide 11

  18. Community Purpose – CP4 Model • Model developed by the US Military • Uses 4 overlapping elements to describe a community's purpose: • Content - educational resources, learning resources, etc. • Connections - networks, communities, relationships • Conversations - dialogue in groups • Context - background, history, orientation Slide 11

  19. WikiEducator • Website: http://www.wikieducator.org • Projects & Initiatives • Otago Polytechnic, NZ • Discussion Group: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator • 4Cs - Content, Connections, Conversations, Content Slide 11

  20. Community Media CoP • Website: http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media • Discussion group: http://groups.google.com/group/community-media • 4Cs - Content, Connections, Conversations, Content Slide 11

  21. LearnShare HIV/AIDS Africa • HIV/AIDS Experts & Community Radio Practitionershttp://www.wikieducator.org/HIVAIDS_Portal • Workshop Materials • Partners • Commonwealth of Learning, Canada • International AIDS Society, Switzerland • EcoNews Africa, Kenya • World Association of Community Broadcasters (AMARC) • 4Cs - Content, Connections, Conversations, Content Slide 11

  22. WikiEducator & OER Foundation Join us in making the OER futures happen Slide 1 Randy Fisher, International Centre for Open Education, 2009

  23. The OER Foundation Slide 16

  24. Links & Resources • Heywire8 Think Tank, NZ • OER Foundation FAQs • Teacher Collaboration Portal Slide 10

  25. Short videos • Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A Call for Freedom, at the opening of a Digital Freedom Exposition conference (2007) at the University of the West Cape, South Africa. • Educators Motivations in Open Wiki Spaces, Randy Fisher’s MA Thesis • The Wiki Wiki Slide 10

  26. Q&As • Randy Fisher (aka Wikirandy) • Senior Consultant & Facilitator • Intersol Group, Canada • International Centre for Open Education / OER Foundation, New Zealand • +1 613.230.6424 x144 (EST) • wikirandy@intersol.ca Slide 10

  27. Evaluation Survey Link Help us improve our seminars by filing out a short online evaluation survey at: http://tinyurl.com/ONEeval-09F-Sustain

  28. Thanks for Attending For upcoming desktop seminars and links to recently archived seminars, check the @ONE Web site at: http://onefortraining.org/seminars/

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