eL4C34 Workshop Report
Learning4Content
34th Online Workshop (January 18-29, 2010)
Basic Wiki Skills and Collaborative Learning
Contents
Expected Output
The expected outcomes of this workshop were to:
- to teach and train the use of WikiEducator's tutorials 1-10
- explore the concept of open education using an open source software platform and integrated technologies
- inform about WikiEducator's concept and new developments including inform on active OER content on WE.
Overview
EL4C34 was a 10-day basic wiki editing skills online workshop, which took place from January 18-29, 2010.
Invitations - after participants initial registration on the Wiki - were sent from the Google Discussion Forum via emails, with a request to:
- accept the invitation with instruction on how to do this, and
- introduce themselves in the forum.
Further instructions were posted in the Google forum on how to create an Account on WikiEducator.
Workshop instructions were posted for Day 1-10 including a 3-question discussion activity as part of tasks for Day 1.
The tutorials and forum discussions were conducted on WikiEducator or linked back to WikiEducator from the Google Forum.
Live Session on WIZIQ
EL4C34 had one live online session over one hour on WiZiQ at the end of workshop week 1. The live session was attended by 19 Learners. Dr. Krishna Alluri, former COL Education Specialist presented about his experiences on the wiki. Rob Kruhlak and Phil Bartle sent their apologies due to prior commitments. As the lead facilitator, Patricia Schlicht presented WikiEducator past and future including references to the OER Foundation and new developments.
The session can be viewed Listen to the recording here.
Outcome and Demographics
Participants trained: 57 (Female: 31/ Male: 26)
Including Facilitators: 1 (Female: 1 / Male: 1)
Gender Ratio: 54.3% Female | 45.6% Male
Countries: 28
Withdrawals: 3 (due to time constraints) - not included
Learning contracts signed: 10
Gender distribution by Country
North America
| COUNTRY | TOTAL COUNT | Male | Female |
 Canada
|
6 | 3 | 3 |
 USA
|
7 | 2 | 5 |
Africa
| COUNTRY | TOTAL COUNT | Male | Female |
 Ghana
|
1 | 1 | |
 Namibia
|
1 | 1 | |
 Tanzania
|
4 | 2 | 2 |
 Ethiopia
|
1 | 1 | |
 Nigeria
|
1 | 1 | |
 Uganda
|
1 | 1 |
Southeast and South Asia
| COUNTRY | TOTAL COUNT | Male | Female |
 India
|
9 | 6 | 3 |
 Pakistan
|
1 | 1 | |
 Vietnam
|
1 | 1 |
Caribbean
| COUNTRY | TOTAL COUNT | Male | Female | |
 Barbados
|
1 | 1 | ||
 Guyana
|
2 | 2 | ||
 Jamaica
|
1 | 1 | ||
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
2 | 2 | ||
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
1 | 1 |
Central America
| COUNTRY | TOTAL COUNT | Male | Female |
 Mexico
|
1 | 1 | |
 Nicaragua
|
1 | 1 |
South America
| COUNTRY | TOTAL COUNT | Male | Female |
 Argentina
|
1 | 1 | |
 Brazil
|
1 | 1 | |
 Chile
|
1 | 1 | |
 Venezuela
|
1 | 1 |
Europe
| COUNTRY | TOTAL COUNT | Male | Female |
 Italy
|
1 | 1 | |
 United Kingdom
|
1 | 1 | |
 Portugal
|
2 | 2 |
Middle East
| COUNTRY | TOTAL COUNT | Male | Female |
 Egypt
|
1 | 1 | |
 Morocco
|
1 | 1 |
Oceania/Pacific
| COUNTRY | TOTAL COUNT | Male | Female |
 New Zealand
|
5 | 2 | 3 |
Reflections
I enjoyed the interactions with the participants helping them to obtain their wiki skills. It was of great help that Rob Kruhlak was assisting me in the background and I would like to express my sincere thanks at this time and publically for his generous demonstration of Wiki's exciting collaborative team spirit.
--Patricia Schlicht 03:17, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
