Community building project communications

Key Messages
In general:


 * WikiEducator is very cool, and great to be affiliated with...
 * WikiEducator's vision/mission and philosophical foundation
 * The focus on developing countries in the Commonwealth, especially Africa
 * secondary education - Africa as a priority
 * other education
 * my educational legacy
 * The upcoming Learning4Content workshops for 53 Commonwealth countries (based on FLOSS4EDU workshops and OER Workshop Toolkit) + gender focus
 * The connection to Open Educational Resources which is embraced by the Free Culture Movement
 * The advantages and opportunities inherent in Open Licensing (i.e., CC-BY-SA)
 * A development platform & tool for formal educators & informal educators (i.e., people who have something to teach);
 * an accelerated development platform
 * availability of free and open source software tool, with embedded instructional design prompts - eXe
 * a forum for sharing lesson plans, educational materials and building connections
 * a workspace
 * a place where I can achieve my goals - with support from other individuals, teams, groups, etc.
 * Saves time and money
 * part of the 'social responsibility mix'
 * The Commonwealth connection (and related institutions, including the Commonwealth of Learning)
 * The individuals, groups communities and institutional stakeholders already involved / segments
 * their vision, innovation, pride, passion, commitment
 * pioneering leadership
 * ability to effect change (i.e., make a difference, contribute to...)
 * ally in career development & build my reputation
 * Growth: WikiEd nodes, projects, accomplishments and achievements, countries, user pages, etc.
 * WikiEd is a dynamic, evolving and exciting 'work-in-progress'

Library of Messages

 * Library of Messages - [[Media:Library of Messages.pdf]]
 * Need for a Wishlist


 * Pre- and post-activities around Learning4Content workshops - per country
 * Message to Institutions & Individuals: Give us your unused content / lessons, etc. (i.e., social responsibility messaging)

WikiEducator Purpose (revised)
The WikiEducator is an evolving community intended for the collaborative:


 * planning of education projects linked with the development of free content;
 * development of free content on Wikieducator for e-learning;


 * building cohesive and sustainable communities of support for educators;
 * building of individual, group, community capacity
 * work on building open education resources (OERs) on how to create OERs;
 * networking on funding proposals developed as free content.

There is a distinction between "A community of support" and "Communities of Support". Overall, WikiEducator can be considered a "community of support" - however, over time, as educators develop content, they will develop sub-communities or 'communities-in-communities' where they will benefit from support from each other. Thus, "communities of support" seems more likely, particularly as WikiEducator evolves.

Target Audiences

 * Teacher / Educators
 * Africa
 * Asia
 * South Pacific
 * South America
 * Rest of Commonwealth
 * Opinion leaders - education, culture, arts, etc.
 * News media (within the WikiEd community; education and mainstream)
 * Policy Makers

Thoughts & Musings

 * if we're moving from the Innovator phase to Early Adoption, the the language of our communication has to reflect that...