Community building project/Communications

Revised WikiEducator Purpose
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.

WikiEducator - Draft Community Needs Analysis

 * [[Media:Community_Needs_Analysis.pdf|Draft community needs analysis]]

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

Gaps (Needs)
* Need for role descriptions - Wiki Educator Ambassadors Working on this with Wayne M., Sept. 07 ** Need for a Wishlist * Need for updated "News" page
 * Need to know the 'plan' for what people are doing / plan to do - (User page)
 * Need to understand adoption behaviour (i.e., evolutionary phases of WikiEd adoption), and integrate this knowledge into messaging
 * educators
 * Need for Case Studies ~ particularly for institutional support
 * Need for Endorsements / Testimonials - functional, celebrity, others
 * Need for intuitive & integrative navigation
 * Need for colour-coded Integration Dashboards / Maps / Trees + Progress Indicator - Curriculum, Expertise (to be links on Community Portal)
 * Need to recruit people directly based on needs (i.e., individual or team approach)
 * Need for knowledge about what's possible ~ especially among newbies
 * Need for research (i.e., WikiEd adoption, evolutionary shifts in thinking / action; maybe even Univ. of London's possible WikiResearch site)
 * Need for Brochure

Roles

 * WikiEducator - Roles

Key Messages
(see Key Messages

Library of Messages

 * [[Media:Library of Messages.pdf]]
 * 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)

Communications Materials

 * multimedia package (i.e., slides, storyboard)
 * Storytelling videos
 * Compelling Situation video with SJD voiceover - (i.e., call to action --> aids videos, bcspca - sara mcclaughlin)
 * Short interview videos (i.e., people who attended the FLOSS4EDU workshops (pix have to be tagged by country) - these are to be incorporated into a presentation - DONE
 * Create AudioVideo_Librarypage
 * Create Integration Dashboard V1.0 (Wayne M.) - identify courses to be created, and progress towards completion (%)
 * User page handout / template (WIP)
 * WikiEd history (EasyRead)
 * Wayne Mackintosh piece on Terra Incognita - April 2007
 * Surveys
 * Others

Opportunities

 * 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)

Thoughts & Musings

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