Thread:In a nutshell - Scope and first things (1)

1.	Leave the wikibook alone and where it is…Ruth can update that yearly or whenever it suits her to do that.

2.	Create a mirror copy of the text in wikiEd - so we have a ‘static version’ in wikibooks and a ‘dynamic’, activity focused version in wikiEd.
 * I feel we need to have as little content as possible in wikiEd and focus on the activities which support the content in the book. That way the book can be stripped right back to content only and one or two websites per chapter which are easily updated from wikied.
 * COL would not be able to support our level of investment in this project under this scenario. I need a clear commitment from Ruth that the content of the text can be released on WE under a CC-BY license. --Wayne Mackintosh 07:14, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Or else we create an interactive book on wikied which eventually converts to pdf for uploading to Lulu.com and hard copy publication and perhaps CD publication and Ruth does away with the wikibook.
 * A CC-BY license would allow users to convert the text into any format, including CD publication and Lulu.com publications. However, COL does not undertake any responsibility for funding these conversions. --Wayne Mackintosh 07:14, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Otherwise updating the wikibook and keeping it aligned with wikied version is going to become a nightmare. --bron 05:49, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * COL does not assume any responsibility for updating the version on Wikibooks. Our interest is in adding value to the pedagogy of the resource as an interactive text drawing on our experiences of design and development of asynchronous learning. As the content would be available under a CC-BY license, it can be used in multiple contexts. COL would be comfortable to release its value additions to the text under a GFDL license, which means you are free to port the text to Wikibooks. --Wayne Mackintosh 07:14, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

3.	Build a set of activities in WikiEd that engage learners with each chapter of the text (as per points in summary).

4.	Select parts of the chapters of the text to develop/embellish further – graphics, animation etc.
 * Development priority of these would be based on
 * alignment with new activities
 * where learning problems are mostly experienced

Begin with

Two chapters (used early in current course):


 * Cells: generic to both human and animal A and P students


 * Skin: generic to a point, but also includes content specific to animals so gives us and opportunity to design and develop for both groups

Both are taught reasonably early on in the current course.

Cells and Skin [or possibly just skin??] could therefore become representative samples for design and development – will let us make decisions about further development --Fiona 23:35, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

The scope looks good Fee. The pros for Cells are:
 * plenty of material we can draw on.
 * it is a very early module.
 * It will help keep the starting design as simple as possible. --bron 05:49, 11 May 2008 (UTC)