Learning4Content/Workshops/Online schedule/eL4C37/Introductions

Patricia Schlicht
I have been working with Dr. Wayne Mackintosh, the founder of WikiEducator since the get go of the initiative, in May of 2006. I have since then gradually increased my understanding, skills and involvement in Open Education and the use of and integration of open source software. It has been a privilege to see how one country after another has made use of this technology to make a difference in their own environment. WikiEducator has become the most exciting experience of my professional career. I am passionate about learning. I actively facilitate online workshops on WikiEducator as community volunteer in my spare time, in an attempt to build capacity for WikiEducator around the globe. I am interested in social networking, culture/anthropology, open and distance learning/eLearning, community and capacity building. I am a philanthropist.

Dr. Gita Mathur
My name is Dr. Gita Mathur. I am Associate Professor of Botany at Gargi College, University of Delhi, India. I have been a Botany teacher for more than 25 years. I am a trained Botanist, but over time my interests have diversified to issues related to environment, science education and innovations in teaching methodologies. I strongly believe in free access to educational content and in collaborative learning not only among peers but also between a student and a teacher. Besides my academic responsibilities, I spend a lot of time working on innovations in teaching Botany including designing experiments which can be done with minimum facilities. I am very fond of photography, especially close-ups of plants and flowers. WikiEducator has given me many friends &amp; a whole lot of students at the global level. I would like to help everyone who believes in open education for all. Please visit my userpage by clicking on my name here. --Gita Mathur 04:15, 15 April 2010 (UTC) It is also great fun learning through these daily tutorials, with facilitators to help you online. Please feel free to [mailto:gita.mathur@gmail.com Email me]

Ramesh Sharma
Greetings to all of you. I am Dr. Ramesh Sharma, currently working as Director, Distance Education, Institute of Distance and Continuing Education, University of Guyana, Goergetown, Guyana (South America). I am on leave from Indira Gandhi National Open University, India where I was working as Regional Director. I believe that through WikiEducator we can contribute to the OER movement. I look forward to work and learn more through this online workshop. You can contact me through my email ramesh@oerfoundation.org. With best wishes, Ramesh

Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Hi, I am Vinod Kumar Kanvaria, Assistant Professor in Department of Education, University of Delhi I have more than eight years teaching experience from secondary school level to University level. My teaching areas are Educational Technology, Mathematics, Pedagogy of Mathematics, Experimental Education, Measurement and Evaluation. I have taught in Delhi Government Schools Directorate of Education, RIE, NCERT and University of Delhi as a permanent faculty member. My research interest areas are ICT and its use, Research Methodology, Pedagogy of Mathematics. I would like to meet people at Higher Education Level at different universities. With warm wishes to all. Vinodpr111 Please feel free to [mailto:vinodpr111@gmail.com Email me]

Dr. Suresh Chandra Pachauri
Hi, I am Dr. Suresh Chandra Pachauri, Assistant Professor in Department of Education, SGRR (PG) College, Dehradun. I have more than ten years teaching experience from secondary school level to College level. My teaching areas are Educational Technology, Pedagogy of Hindi, Experimental Education. My research interest areas are Teacher Education and its use, Research Methodology. I am chief editor of an international journal of Education and allied sciences, ISSN 0975-8380. I have credit of three books, 10 research papers and articles published in Journals of national fame. I have presented more than two dozen papers in various national and international seminars, workshops and conferences in India. I am life member of different associations related to Teacher Education &amp; I am presently secretary of Council of Teacher Educators for the state of Uttrakhand. I am Program In-charge of B.Ed IGNOU, at Study Centre – 3732 (P), Dehradun. I am interested in social networking, and I am also associated with many social organizations. I would like to meet people at Higher Education Level at different universities. Please feel free to [mailto:drsuresh786@gmail.com Email me]

Peter Jeschofnig
I am Peter Jeschofnig, Ph.D., professor emeritus (of science) at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs, CO. Although I recently retired from full-time teaching, I still teach online science classes for Colorado Mountain College and CCC-OnLine. For over 15 years I have developed and taught chemistry and physics distance learning classes in a variety of formats, from interactive video and hybrid courses to 100% online courses. During my 1994-95 and 2003-04 sabbaticals I taught at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and the University of Namibia as Fulbright professor. I have published numerous articles in professional journals and presented at more than 30 national and international conferences. My areas of interest are environmental chemistry, the promotion of science education in general, and the teaching of lab science courses at a distance in particular.

Sean Rogers
Good Day I am Sean Rogers, Managing Director of Genesis Innovative Solution Ltd which is situated in Trinidad. I design and implement telecommunications networks for enterprise businesses, Government organizations, educational institutions. Consultancy is part of my business profile in which I advice and instruct CEOs and IT managers of non-profit and profit organizations of the type of network they should implement in their organization, which would facilitate their communications and computing needs. Since 2004, I have been developing and teaching structural and fiber optical cable technology face to face but I would like to take this training online.I am interested in social networking, culture,religion,family,development of males,open and distance learning/e-Learning solution, community and capacity building. I am a humanitarian and concerned about the development of the Caribbean region in every aspect especially the youth of the Caribbean region.

Deepak Prasad
Hello, I am Deepak Prasad, an Education Technologist from University of the South Pacific. I assist in the educational design and development of course materials for flexible delivery. I also provide Moodle support to USP students and staff. I have over 6 years of experience in teaching computer studies in various secondary schools. I have obtained qualifications in Engineering, Education and Education Technology from USP and University of Southern Queensland. I am interested in ICT and its application in open and distance learning. Please feel free to [mailto:prasad_de@usp.ac.fj Email me]

Javed Yusuf
Hello, I am Javed,an education technologist at University of the South Pacific assisting in the development of courseware for flexible delivery. I also provide Moodle support for USP students and staff. I have qualifications in computer science, information systems and educational technology. I have close to 5 years of experience working in distance education environment, first at a regional campus and secondly at USP's Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning. My broad field of interest is in ICT in education, ICT for development, educational design, delivery and evaluation, and Web2.0 tools.

Santosh Panda
Hi. I am Santosh, working as a professor of distance education and director, Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning CFDL, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji--a regional university owned by 12 memebr countries. We offer distance and flexible learning to about 50% of all the students of the university scattered in all the 12 countries, with a mix of print, tutorials, teleconferencing, and Moodle online. Most of our courses are in blended mode--fully DFL, Moodle supporting F2F courses, fully Moodle online, and a combination of these as per student choice. I have about 26 years of experience--teaching at a conventional university for 3 years; at the Indira Gandhi National Open University IGNOUfor about 20 years including three times being Director; Director of Policy and Research at the Association of Indian Universities AIU; have been a Fulbright Scholar at the University of New Mexico UNM, USA; had been trained at BBC, UK; and has been visiting professor in a few universities including MMU MMU-IGNOU Project and UoL, UK. I am a staff developer and researcher in 'distance education' (and known by many terminologies), and have particular intertest in instructional design using WikiEducator from this workshop. We had done some work on faculty training at the Bangladesh Open University using WikiEd BOU Project, and would like to extend that here too. My website Santosh website

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Gerard MacManus
My name is Gerard, and I am a ICT teacher in Auckland, New Zealand. My goal through this course is to learn as much as I can about wikis as we are moving towards a variety of open source software at our School. I am currently the administrator and trainer of our schools moodle implementations, we have two that we are using, one is the moodleinschools.org.nz version, which we have installed and are working through developing, the other is a commericially developed installation that we are helping develop through our relationship with the company. Both of these include the use of wikis. We have an English department that looking at using these installations with interest as a way of developing literacy.--Taskmaker 08:09, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Tero Toivanen
 My name is Tero Toivanen. I am a Special Education Teacher. Currently I am working in the Kilonpuisto School in Espoo, Finland as a special education teacher teaching autistic pupils. My passion is learning more about teaching and learning every day. I use web 2.0 tools in my teaching and want to learn more about the use of wikis. I love sharing knowledge and experiences with other passionate teachers and learners. This is also a great way to know new interesting people! --Teromakotero 16:38, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Kalpana Gupte
Hello, I am Kalpana Gupte. I work in Indira Gandhi National Open University at one of its Regional Centres in Pune, India. I have been working here since 1997 and am involved in the delivery of the various programmes through the study centres. Printed Self Instructional Materials are still the major component although there are many programmes which are now being offered in online mode. I am not very much used to using technology and hope that this workshop will introduce me to the use of wikis and the OER movement. I see that most of the other participants have very wide experience and look forward to learning a lot in the days to come.--Kalpanagupte 17:36, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Sir. Great way to meet sitting so many miles away and try to learn somemore. --Kalpana Gupte 12:18, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Karyn White
Kia Ora. My name is Karyn White. I am an English teacher and Whanau Leader at Alfriston College, a 7 year old co-ed state secondary school in Manukau City, NZ. I am using wikis, a blog and a ning with my English classes to encourage ubiquitous learning and a more collaborative approach to learning where we all contribute to the learning, it does not all come from me! I am keen to know more about wikieducator as a learning tool and to find ways for my students to connect with learning/knowledge on a global level.

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Connie M. Albiter
Connie M. Albiter. I'm an Instructional Technologist and I work for a engineering company in Montreal. At the moment I'm responsible for the development and implementation of a small eLearning project in Moodle. I'm also a freelance Instructional Designer and I want to learn more about wiki pages. I'm looking forward to expand my knowledge about these tools for collaboration and to contribute in any way I can.

Panagiotis C. Stasinakis
Panagiotis C. Stasinakis. I'm a biology Teacher in Secondary Education from Greece. I work on Web2.0 (Blogs, Wikis, etc) trying to integrate all this technology in my class. It is a diffucult but creative way. I work for n public institution here in Greece for teachers education using Moodle. I'm looking forward to expand my knowledge about these tools and collaborate with people all over the world.

Yogesh Nath
My name is Yogesh Nath. I work at the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Fiji. The University of the South Pacific, is one of only two regional universities in the world. My role includes developing multimedia component for web, CD/DVD. I also look after web site development. My qualifications includes a Bachelor's degree in E-Commerce and Multimedia and Post-Graduate in Information Systems. My interest include exploring new technologies, playing soccer, swimming and travelling. I am a member of New Zealand Computer Society. I look forward to meeting other participants in this course and hope to learn something new.

Fred Itogoot
Fred Itogoot

My name is Fred Itogoot. I have been teaching at St. Peter's Nkokonjeru S.S. teaching School Students,I qualified with a diploma in education from one of the colleges of Kyambogo University. I received mail about wikis from a kind 'friend' and decided to give it a try since I was encouraged by somebody I had not even known, so out of curiosity I decided to join. I am happy that I have joined wiki educator and I hope to make a contribution in this regard of open education resource. I want to make a contribution towards our education so I will muster courage to ask you members out there to come in whenever I need you. MY interest is IT I am an enthusiast in this regard.

Tibezinda Mary
Hullo, this is Tibezinda Mary in Uganda. I am glad to be a part of this training.

Sharra Martin
Kia Ora, My name is Sharra Martin. I am a Learning Leader at Alfriston College in Auckland, New Zealand. I graduated with a degree in Sport Science from the University of Auckland and then went on to do a teaching Diploma at AUT. I am currently teaching year 9 -13 Science (13-18yr olds) and my speciality is Physics. We are starting to set up courses on moodle and i am hoping that learning how to use wikieducator might help me with this. I also like the collaborative aspect of this course and the idea that learning can be done anywhere, anytime and at your own pace. I have a friend who had taken this course and recommended it to me as a tool that would be great to help out in the classroom. I dont know what to expect and am concerned that i am not technologically advanced enough for this but will give it a go.

Francis Glasgow
I am the Deputy Director of the Institute of Distance &amp; Continuing Education, University of Guyana. My job is primarily administrative. However teaching and research activities are also done. I am happy to be part of this training exercise which will assist in sharpening my skills in online delivery of courses.