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Wayne Mackintosh, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic 2009
WikiEducator
Join us in making the OER futures happen
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A return to tradition?
WE MUST BE FREE
WE MUST BE OPEN
Woodleywonderworks, http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/1291468732/
Share, Remix, Reuse“Legitimate plagiarism? ”
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Open Education Resources (OER)
Courses published by OpenCourseWareConsortium
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A sustainable system?
What about K12?50% of new teachers leave the profession in 5 years (2006 NEA),
Source: Justin Tilton and Jim Farmer, Learning Environment 2015
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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
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Commonwealth of Learning
COL is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to to encourage the development and sharing of open and distance education knowledge, resources and technologies.
Sir John Daniel
“For my generation the great innovation was the course team. For the next I suspect that it will be Open Educational Resources.”
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Strategic plan
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Wayne Mackintosh, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic 2009
EstablishedMay 2006
- How is WikiEducator doing?- Who are our WikiEducators?- Why do they join our family?
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Exceeding strategic targets
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1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
Predicted users Actual users
Achieved 18 monthsin advance
Strategic target for The initiative:
2500 registered users
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Age distribution
Our WE surprise?
<15
15-2
4
25-3
4
35-4
4
45-5
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55-6
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>65
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10
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25.5
28.1
19.4
3.6
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50% > 45 years
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Current roles of WikiEducators
Educator (teacher, lecturer, or trainer)
Researcher
Learner
Manager or administrator
Professional staff developer
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
72
21
17
14
10
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Educational level and sector
Pre-primary
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Vocational Training
Not involed in education
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
1.1
6.4
17.2
49.8
15.4
10.1
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Why do you join WikiEducator?
to explore new trends and ideas
to learn wiki skills
to develop free content
to grow personaly
to build relationships with WEs
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70
46
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Learning4Content workshops
88 workshops
> 3200 educators
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Community governance
Canada, India, Germany, New Zealand, Pakistan, Samoa, Uganda, USA, Zambia
Countries
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OER Foundation
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OER Foundation business plan
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Getting OER right
Doing things right versus doing the right thing
Founding member or FTE4WikiEducator
Join the OER Foundation
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mpjashby, http://www.flickr.com/photos/34190239@N06/3242757124/
Doing things right versus doing the right thing
Founding member or FTE4WikiEducator
Join the OER Foundation
US American Graduation Initiative
“We'll support the creation of a new online - and open-source - clearinghouse of courses so that community colleges across the country can offer more classes without building more classrooms.”
President Barack Obama
“We do not know where this kind of an experiment will lead; but that is exactly why we ought to try it.”