WikiEducator:Current events/2009/August

August 31, 2009

 * Live online event moderated by Dr. Wayne Mackintosh, Patricia Schlicht, and Nellie Deutsch on August 30/31 (see time zone). Here is the URL of the event and exact date and hour in your area.
 * You are invited to watch the video recording of the session.

August 30 - September 2, 2009

 * Thompson Rivers University, in Kamloops BC is hosting a FREE three-day workshop, Research 2.0: New Technologies for Scholarship. The workshop will take place from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 at Thompson Rivers University, in Kamloops BC. Dr. Wayne Mackintosh (September 2) and Nellie Deutsch (September 1) will be presenting. Nellie's workshop will be conducted live online on September 1, 2009 and will be available for all participants around the world. Please check your time zone for the exact time and register for the class on WiZiQ.

August 28, 2009

 * Live Online Workshop on WikiEducator as an International Community for Open Education on WiZiQ. Please check your time zone for the exact time and sign up for the workshop here.

Monday, August 24, 2009

 * A Learning4Content online workshop is scheduled to be conducted from August 24, to September 7, 2009. Please spread the word and invite participants to register here. The workshop will be facilitated by Nellie Deutsch and Patricia Schlicht.

Monday, August 10, 2009
In this seminar Gladys Gahona and Nellie Deutsch will introduce us to the many opportunities available to educators to learn from others, to collaborate on curriculum projects, and to explore new technologies that will improve educational access and quality. Please join us on WikiEducator and add your contribution to the seminar.
 * SCoPE Seminar on WikiEducator as a Collaborative Tool (August 10-28)


 * Virtual Fieldtrip of WikiEducator for SCoPE

Randy Fisher will lead a tour of WikiEducator on Elluminate. This field trip is organized jointly by SCoPE, a BCcampus online community, and CPSquare, a community of practice for people interested in communities of practice. For the presentation and discussions about WikiEducator we are the 'CP4' model, developed by the US Military, using 4 overlapping elements to describe a community's purpose: Content, Connections, Conversation and Context. The working page is available here.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

 * The WikiEducator Workgoup for proposing policies and guidelines for Administrator and Sysop users has voted for its charter in the first session of its asynchronous meeting ended on 04/08/2009. Immediately after approving the charter, the Second Session of the meeting has started today to develop and approve draft policies and guidelines.
 * A Sloan-C consortium - Learning4Content collaborative online workshop is scheduled to be conducted from 27 July to 8 August 2009 for Sloan-C's college pass members. In the spirit of WikiEducator's free skills training, the invitation is also extended to all your colleagues, friends, and family. Please spread the word and invite folk to register
 * Online consultation on the Strategy of the Open Education Resource Foundation (OERF) has commenced and continues on the talk page
 * Collaborative Development of a set of guidelines for use by members of the WikiEducator community to assist with the establishment of workgroups whose mission is to create policy, guidelines, tools, processes, etc., in progress.
 * add event here

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

 * The WikiEducator Workgoup for proposing policies and guidelines for Administrator and Sysop users has voted for its charter in the first session of its asynchronous meeting ended on 04/08/2009. Immediately after approving the charter, the Second Session of the meeting has started today to develop and approve draft policies and guidelines.
 * A Sloan-C consortium - Learning4Content collaborative online workshop is scheduled to be conducted from 27 July to 8 August 2009 for Sloan-C's college pass members. In the spirit of WikiEducator's free skills training, the invitation is also extended to all your colleagues, friends, and family. Please spread the word and invite folk to register
 * Online consultation on the Strategy of the Open Education Resource Foundation (OERF) has commenced and continues on the talk page
 * Collaborative Development of a set of guidelines for use by members of the WikiEducator community to assist with the establishment of workgroups whose mission is to create policy, guidelines, tools, processes, etc., in progress.
 * add event here

Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Heywire8 - Wellington : The National Library of New Zealand in collaboration with the Ministry of Education's Managed Learning Environment (MLE) project and the OER Foundation will host an open think tank for New Zealand educational practitioners on 4 August 2009 from 10:00 - 17:00.
 * A Sloan-C consortium - Learning4Content collaborative online workshop is scheduled to be conducted from 27 July to 8 August 2009 for Sloan-C's college pass members. In the spirit of WikiEducator's free skills training, the invitation is also extended to all your colleagues, friends, and family. Please spread the word and invite folk to register
 * Online consultation on the Strategy of the Open Education Resource Foundation (OERF) has commenced and continues on the talk page
 * Collaborative Development of a set of guidelines for use by members of the WikiEducator community to assist with the establishment of workgroups whose mission is to create policy, guidelines, tools, processes, etc., in progress.
 * Formation of the Work Group to propose guidelines for the functioning of  WikiEducator Administrators is in progress...
 * add event here

Monday, August 03, 2009

 * A Sloan-C consortium - Learning4Content collaborative online workshop is scheduled to be conducted from 27 July to 8 August 2009 for Sloan-C's college pass members. In the spirit of WikiEducator's free skills training, the invitation is also extended to all your colleagues, friends, and family. Please spread the word and invite folk to register
 * Online consultation on the Strategy of the Open Education Resource Foundation (OERF) has commenced and continues on the talk page
 * Collaborative Development of a set of guidelines for use by members of the WikiEducator community to assist with the establishment of workgroups whose mission is to create policy, guidelines, tools, processes, etc., in progress.
 * Formation of the Work Group to propose guidelines for the functioning of  WikiEducator Administrators is in progress...
 * add event here

Sunday, August 02, 2009

 * A Sloan-C consortium - Learning4Content collaborative online workshop is scheduled to be conducted from 27 July to 8 August 2009 for Sloan-C's college pass members. In the spirit of WikiEducator's free skills training, the invitation is also extended to all your colleagues, friends, and family. Please spread the word and invite folk to register
 * Online consultation on the Strategy of the Open Education Resource Foundation (OERF) has commenced and continues on the talk page
 * Collaborative Development of a set of guidelines for use by members of the WikiEducator community to assist with the establishment of workgroups whose mission is to create policy, guidelines, tools, processes, etc., in progress.
 * Formation of the Work Group to propose guidelines for the functioning of  WikiEducator Administrators is in progress...
 * add event here

Saturday, August 01, 2009

 * Dr. Sarita Kumar, Associate Professor in Zoology in Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, India has been featured on the India page of WikiEducator.
 * A Sloan-C consortium - Learning4Content collaborative online workshop is scheduled to be conducted from 27 July to 8 August 2009 for Sloan-C's college pass members. In the spirit of WikiEducator's free skills training, the invitation is also extended to all your colleagues, friends, and family. Please spread the word and invite folk to register
 * Online consultation on the Strategy of the Open Education Resource Foundation (OERF) has commenced and continues on the talk page
 * Collaborative Development of a set of guidelines for use by members of the WikiEducator community to assist with the establishment of workgroups whose mission is to create policy, guidelines, tools, processes, etc., in progress.
 * Formation of the Work Group to propose guidelines for the functioning of  WikiEducator Administrators is in progress...
 * add event here