Slide 1 : WikiEducator
A Presentation by Patricia Schlicht
Programme Assistant/Learning4Content Coordinator
eLearning and ICT Policy
Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
March 23, 2009 learning for development
Slide 2 : What is WikiEducator? The WikiEducator is an evolving community intended for the collaborative:
Slide 3 : What is WikiEducator? – Cont’d
Slide 4 : WikiEducator was founded in May 2006 Mission Statement: To turn the digital divide into digital dividends using free content and open networks. We hope you can help us.
Slide 5 : Strategic plan build on 3 Phases
Slide 6 : WikiEducator in July 2007 Voted best educational wiki, Steven Downes, Dec 2007 Inaugural recipient of the award for Exemplary Open Education Resource (OER) practices d
Slide 7 : What are the benefits and advantages of WikiEducator?
Slide 8 : What are the Benefits and Advantages of Using WikiEducator?
Slide 9 : Benefits and Advantages of Using WikiEducator – Cont’d Register for monthly online training here:
www.wikieducator.org/Learning4Content/Registration
Slide 10 : Benefits and Advantages of Using WikiEducator Advantages
Interacting with a large community of over 8,342 educators around the world, using the WikiEducator Discussion Groups, and building on established social networks that create change.
Being among the visionaries who realise that the times are changing and the 21st century learner is searching and finding innovative ways to access education, using mobile phones, blogs, email, wikis… the internet.
With often limited connectivity, it is possible to use Open Office (OO) 2.3, to develop Open Educational Resources (OERs) offline, which can be uploaded to WikiEducator later using the Mediawiki which has the option to export into html language for upload on to WikiEducator.
Slide 11 : Established May 2006
- How is WikiEducator doing?
- Who are our WikiEducators?
- Why do they join our family?
Slide 12 : Cumulative site visits 19 months
May 2006- Dec 2007 First million visits 5 months
Jan – Jun 2008 Second million visits In Mar 2009
The current monthly average equals to 9,137 visitors per day which translates to over 215,000 visitors for the Month of March
+
Of the 1.5 Mio website there are worldwide, we are now in 114,179th place
Our target is to make the top 100 global website by the end of 2009.
Slide 13 : We have exceeded our strategic targets Achieved 18 months
in advance Target for a
Community governance
model
Slide 14 : Age distribution Our WE surprise? 51% > 45 years
Slide 15 : Current roles of WikiEducators
Slide 16 : Educational level and sector
Slide 17 : Gender Male: 60% Before
Learning4Content
was launched Female: 40% Currently
Male/Female Ratio is almost equal
Slide 18 : Why do you join WikiEducator?
Slide 19 : Very active WikiEducators
Slide 20 : Meeting the community – Who are they? “WikiEducator is not only ground-breaking, its foresight is defining history, and must forever be developed and continued." Victor Mensah, Zambia, Graduate 1st L4C workshop Nellie Deutsch, 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!”
Slide 21 : Meeting the community – Who are they? “The cause is noble, the vision is clear, the challenge is set. I decided to take it, and must forever be developed and continued.” Gladys Gahona, Mexico, Graduate 15th L4C workshop Gita Mathur, India, Graduate 15th L4C workshop “WikiEducator to me is not just a website, it is a means of sharing my rich experiences as a teacher with the global community of teachers and students.
WE inspires me to think of new ways of using technology for Education.
For making it more interesting to learners, using colors and images for visual attraction are my favorite.
Slide 22 : How is WikiEducator governed?
Slide 23 : Community governance Canada, India, Germany, New Zealand, Pakistan, Samoa, Uganda, USA, Zambia Countries
Slide 24 : Can you give us examples of WikiEducator projects?
Slide 25 : OER Handbook (COSL)?
Slide 26 : Creating a pdf collection Add article
Create a collection
Save a collection
Share a collection
Slide 27 : Learning4Content conduct 160 workshops
train 2500 teachers/educators
2500 lessons of free content
all Commonwealth Countries Tell me and I'll forget, show me and I may not remember, involve me, and I'll understand
Slide 28 : Learning4Content – Overall Statistics
Slide 29 : Overall WikiEducator Statistics Today's Statistics for WikiEducator
Today is : 24 March 2009
8,342 users
9,466 articles
5,292 files
330,786 edits
15 administrators
Slide 30 : Meeting the community Anil Prsad, India, L4C Facilitator in Sri Lanka “WikiEducator is my second home -- an online home!” WikiEducator launches India Chapter
Slide 31 : Addressing Quality and Reviewing Framework WikiEducator is currently developing an Quality Assurance and Review Framework.
The purpose of this initiative is to initiate open and transparent dialogue with WikiEducators to:
discuss and develop WE processes that will assist in promoting the
quality of our teaching materials;
develop a draft policy for quality assurance for consultation and adoption by the community;
http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Quality_Assurance_and_Review
Slide 32 : Thank you
Patricia Schlicht
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