Wayne Mackintosh, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic 2009

WikiEducator

Join us in making the OER futures happen

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A return to tradition?

WE MUST BE FREE

WE MUST BE OPEN

Woodleywonderworks, http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/1291468732/

Share, Remix, Reuse“Legitimate plagiarism? ”

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Open Education Resources (OER)

Courses published by OpenCourseWareConsortium

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A sustainable system?

What about K12?50% of new teachers leave the profession in 5 years (2006 NEA),

Source: Justin Tilton and Jim Farmer, Learning Environment 2015

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WikiEducator

We're turning the digital divide into digital dividends using free content and open networks. We hope you can help us.

Voted best educational wiki, Steven Downes, Dec 2007

Inaugural recipient of the award for Exemplary Open Education Resource (OER) practices

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Commonwealth of Learning

COL is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to to encourage the development and sharing of open and distance education knowledge, resources and technologies.

Sir John Daniel

“For my generation the great innovation was the course team. For the next I suspect that it will be Open Educational Resources.”

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Strategic plan

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Wayne Mackintosh, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic 2009

EstablishedMay 2006

- How is WikiEducator doing?- Who are our WikiEducators?- Why do they join our family?

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Exceeding strategic targets

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Predicted users Actual users

Achieved 18 monthsin advance

Strategic target for The initiative:

2500 registered users

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Age distribution

Our WE surprise?

<15

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Current roles of WikiEducators

Educator (teacher, lecturer, or trainer)

Researcher

Learner

Manager or administrator

Professional staff developer

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Educational level and sector

Pre-primary

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

Vocational Training

Not involed in education

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17.2

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15.4

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Why do you join WikiEducator?

to explore new trends and ideas

to learn wiki skills

to develop free content

to grow personaly

to build relationships with WEs

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Learning4Content workshops

88 workshops

> 3200 educators

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Community governance

Canada, India, Germany, New Zealand, Pakistan, Samoa, Uganda, USA, Zambia

Countries

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OER Foundation

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OER Foundation business plan

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Getting OER right

Doing things right versus doing the right thing

Founding member or FTE4WikiEducator

Join the OER Foundation

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mpjashby, http://www.flickr.com/photos/34190239@N06/3242757124/

Doing things right versus doing the right thing

Founding member or FTE4WikiEducator

Join the OER Foundation

US American Graduation Initiative

“We'll support the creation of a new online - and open-source - clearinghouse of courses so that community colleges across the country can offer more classes without building more classrooms.”

President Barack Obama

“We do not know where this kind of an experiment will lead; but that is exactly why we ought to try it.”