Learning4Content/Workshops/Online schedule/eL4C40/Introductions

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. I have facilitated one F2F and three online workshops. Please feel free to [mailto:gita.mathur@gmail.com Email me]

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.

Shijo KD
I am Mr. KD Shijo from Mumbai. I am a teacher of ICT and History. I have been introduced to online tools from 2007. I also work with international collaborative projects / exchanges of students and teachers from 2007 onwards. Online virtual projects between students of different schools in India and Europe [Netherlands, Finland, Belgium] are coordinated by me from India via eJournal. I also train the teachers to get acquainted with online tools. I also participated and presented papers in Three National Seminars.

Dr Cynthia D'Costa
Hello everyone.This is Dr.Cynthia D'Costa. I am a teacher-educator. I train prospective teachers at Pushpanjali College of Education, Vasai. Exploring new avenues in pedagogy is my passion. I conduct workshops for teachers on Learning through games, Use of Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom and other topics. I contribute articles of educational interest to magazines. I have been involved with content development and online teaching for the course Bachelor in e-education.

Satyawati Rawool
Hello all to be and be Wiki Learners. This is Satyawati from Mumbai. I am a retired person. I worked in schools and teacher education colleges for 30 years as a learens of science of learning. I assisted learners to construct understanding of their own process of learning. This was a challenging task for me as most of the learners were interested in teaching others and impressing others with their skills. They also insisted that I should be a good teacher by telling correct "knowlegde" but I did not give up. I did develop hyper text on various topics related secondary school learning. I collaborated with different learning projects for primary and secondary school techers and learners. I did develop material for assisting learners for constructing mathematical understanding by doing mathematics. I am involved in developing content for e-B.Ed. course. At present I am working for developing OER in Marathi language.

Vaishali Hinge
Vaishali

 Hello all. This is Vaishali from Thane, Mumbai. I am a postgraduate in Biochemistry. All life science subjects are the subjects of my interest.Few years I worked with a pharmasuetical company and for past few years I am conducting my own coaching classes. I feel that teaching is the most suitable field for me. Currently I am pursuing bachelors in e-education.I found this course very interesting. Now I want to learn different online skills as well as different wiki skills that are required for developing well formed open educational resources.I do not know much about wikieducators but I know that after joining wikieducators I will get peer support too to improve my work. I want to be a good teacher and facilitator with the help of wikieducators.

Sharon Archibald
Hi everyone. I'm Sharon Archibald and I'm a Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Sir Sandford Fleming College in Ontario, Canada. I was a Director at a major Canadian corporation before making the move to teaching full time. Some of the courses I am currently teaching are Business Essentials, Contemporary Management Skills, Negotiating Skills, Teams in the Workplace, and Creative Journey. My professional passions include organizational behaviour, technology and creativity and innovation. We have been working on a variety of formats for delivering our courses (face to face, hybrid, on-line, workshops) and using simulations, games, role play and traditional approaches to enhance our lectures and seminars. I was introduced to Wiki Educator this spring in an Open Course and was intrigued by the possibilities. I'm really looking forward to working with everyone.

Tero Toivanen
My name is Tero Toivanen. I am Special Education Teacher teaching children with autistic spectrum diagnosis in Kilonpuisto School, Espoo, Finland. I have already participated in some Learning4Content workshops and learned many things. I think Wikis might be the future of Education and I want to be part of it. For me it's also very important to get new contacts with interesting people around the world and learn with them new things, which make me a better teacher. Every day I learn new things and learning is one of the greatest pleasures in my life.

Bhagyashree Borkar
Hi everyone, I am Bhagyashree Borkar from India (Mumbai). I am a graduate with Chemistry as my major subject and currently I'm undergoing a wonderful teachers' training program called 'e-B.Ed.' (Bachelor of Education in e-learning). I have immense interest in learning newer technologies emerging in the field of education and I've always endeavoured to keep myself at the forefront of modern tools and techniques of education. I've a great passion for teaching (obviously) and Wiki has been my constant friend, guide and mentor in my journey of becoming an educator. I'm eargerly looking forward to this workshop and introduce myself to new ideas and great thoughts in the field of education. This is going to be great! --Bhagyashree Borkar 17:52, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Sayali Dubash
Hello everyone,

I am Sayali Dubash from Pune,India. It is great to go through all the introductions and the wikieducator pages. As I was unable to submit my introduction earlier, the same has been put up on my wikieducator page. I would just like to mention that this is a great place to be. I am positive with the cooperative and collaborative way of working all of us "Global Friends" will be able to create sustainable OERs. Looking forward to learning different wiki tools and having an extended wiki family:-) Regards, to all

Laxmi Narayan Yadav
 Hello! Fellow Wiki Learners, I am Dr. Laxmi Narayan Yadav, Assistant Prof. of Economics at Govt. College Tigaon (Faridabad) Haryana, India. I teach economics and management. I am actively involved in use of ICT for delivery of the learning modules. I have attended 03 workshops on the script writing for the Television and Mass Media and delivered 09 Lectures on the EDUSAT. This is my first workshop of this type and i am enjoying every bit of this exciting venture. I hope to be Wiki neighbour by the time I finish this workshop. I can be contacted on e-mail: laxmi_narayan70@yahoo.com,  Mob: 09990410910&amp;lt

Amit Gujar
Hi All,

Myself Amit A Gujar. Currently I am pursuing bachelors in e-education facilitated by YCMOU. Initiative started by MKCL .I have Completed my BSc in Computer Science, Pune University,Maharashtra,India.I have joined wiki recently. I have one aim in my mind " Education for All " irrespective of the any barrier. And OPEN Education is the right platform for me to achieve it. I have worked for various MNC. I think Wikis might be the future of Education and I want to be part of it.I have great Editing and decorative skills i have worked on COREL,Adobe Pagemaker and various other editing software. I was also a Commercial Printer. I want to be a good teacher and facilitator with the help of wikieducators. TeachIndia Movement by Times of india also inspired me to join this type of group.

Vaijayanti Aphale
Hi all,

this is Vaijayanti Aphale from Pune, India. Like most of you, I am here because i wish to do something exciting and creative in the field of education. I would like to do my bit to bring about a positive change in the purpose, content, pedagogy, reach of the present education system. For starters, i am pursuing an ebed course to help me realise my dreams. From the very first steps, I know it's going to be an exciting journey. I hope my MA in Economics from Pune University, my experience as editor of newsletters for a health NGO and as senior copywriter in an advertising agency, as also my years of teaching western dance to school and college students should all help me in some way.

Kalpana Gupte


Hi everyone, I am Kalpana from Pune, India. I work in the IGNOU Regional Centre at Pune and had participated in the eL4C37. Sorry that I couldn't join in earlier due to other commitments. I hope to sharpen the skills I learned earlier. It's nice to know that there are several participants from my town. And it is good to meet old friends like Tero. Hope to see you in the Wiziq classroom tomorrow.

Abhilasha Jagtap
Hi Everyone, Iam Abhilasha Jagtap from Pune. I have joined IIE Pune for the EBed course.I find this course very interesting & challenging as well for I am totally new to this methodology, hence it takes me a little longer time to find my way around.What you all are doing on WE is a very novel experience. I hope I can keep up to it.