SCoPE/Virtual Field Trip WikiEducator August 10 2009

Virtual Fieldtrip, WikiEducator, August 10, 2009

 * Wikirandy's transformation
 * The Wiki Wiki - http://www.wikieducator.org/Wiki_Wiki
 * [[Media:WikiEducator Survey August 2009.pdf]]
 * Alexa.com Traffic Search Results - top 90,000 websites in world (August 2009)

Focusing on "Community Purpose"

 * Content - educational resources, learning resources, etc.
 * Connections - networks, communities, relationships
 * Conversations - dialogue in groups
 * Context - background, history, orientation

(1) WikiEducator - general

 * web space - http://www.wikieducator.org
 * discussion group - http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator

(2) WikiEducator - Community Media - specific

 * web space - http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media
 * discussion group - http://groups.google.com/group/community-media

(3) LearnShare HIV AIDS
http://www.wikieducator.org/HIVAIDS_Portal

(4) Learning4Content

 * Learning4Content

Links

 * HeyWire8 - NZ
 * Primal Needs Gone Digital: Educators Motivations in Open Wiki Spaces, Randy Fisher (MA thesis work), 2009
 * Teacher Collaboration Portal

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A Call for Freedom

 * Watch Desmond Tutu, at the opening of a Digital Freedom Exposition conference (2007) at the University of the West Cape, South Africa.

About Virtual Field Trips
Virtual Field Trips are organized by CPSquare and SCoPE.
 * CPSquare field trips project
 * Participating in CPSquare field trips

SCoPE Contacts
Sylvia Currie BCcampus Online Communities http://bccampus.ca +1 250 318 2907 | GMT-8 skype: webbedfeat twitter: currie

John Smith http://learningalliances.net/services/

Invitation to Present
Hi Randy,

Awhile back during a Skype chat I asked if you would be interested in facilitating a virtual field trip to Wikieducator. This idea came about from the Online Community Enthusiasts gathering in Vancouver.

Since then John Smith (leader of CPSquare.org) and I have been talking about the possible schedule and structure of these field trips. We plan to schedule 4 per year, and would be very interested in having you go FIRST. :-) You may already know that Nellie Deutsch and Gladys Gahona will be facilitating a SCoPE seminar: Collaborative Projects on Wikieducator beginning August 10th. Would you be available and willing to do a virtual field trip August 10th? It seems like a perfect way to launch the seminar. This event would be promoted jointly by SCoPE and CPSquare,

As a way to structure the field trips John and I thought the 'CP4' model would be simple and effective. Briefly, the model was developed by the US Military and uses 4 overlapping elements to describe a community's purpose: Content, Connections, Conversation and Context. I'll be adding a section to the CPSquare Wiki to describe the model in more detail, and to organize field trip information: http://cpsquare.org/wiki/Welcome

We'll use Elluminate for the web tour and discussion. We would schedule 1 hour but should allow plenty of time for questions. So essentially your role would be to show Wikieducator, and describe the community using the 4 elements, perhaps noting any tensions in the way these areas are interconnected. This will be a great way to get feedback from individuals who have experience in online community leadership roles.

What do you think? Are you interested? I hope so! :-)

Cheers, Sylvia

Logistics
Where Elluminate: http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/resource/view.php?id=1601

Tips for Randy
Before the session
 * In your web browser open each page you wish to visit in a separate tab, in the sequence you plan to show them


 * Test your audio, etc http://elluminate.com/support/index.jsp

During the session

 * Log in using the participant link (not the moderator link). Sylvia will bump you up to moderator. That way your real name appears.
 * Pause every few minutes to allow for questions
 * Avoid too much scrolling and jumping around because pages can be slow to download for participants

Beginning
Sylvia logs in at 14:15 to:
 * upload welcome slide (Randy isn't using slides)
 * meet with Randy to help get set up if needed
 * welcome participants to the session as we approach 15:00.
 * start recording
 * introduce Randy (bios)

Sylvia will also send several notices out via twitter leading up to the session.

Middle
John Smith will
 * monitor text chat and bring forward questions / offer the microphone
 * have some questions 'in the bag' / help focus on C4P model
 * bring closure

End
Sylvia will
 * thank everyone, and point them in the direction of the SCoPE seminar
 * stop the recording