Hi,

And an average below 100K last week!  A great achievement for our community.

Cheers
Wayne


On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 16:22 -0800, Patricia Schlicht wrote:

Dear Friends,

 

Just to say, I just had a look at the Alexa  stats. We are making progress. We are now in 123,414th place. Well done everybody.

 

Warm regards, have a nice weekend.

Patricia

 

Reach for Wikieducator.org:

Percent of global Internet users who visit this site

Yesterday	1 wk. Avg.	3 mos. Avg.	3 mos. Change
0.0016%	0.0015%	0.00089%	23%

 

Traffic Rank for Wikieducator.org:

Alexa traffic rank based on a combined measure of page views and users (reach)

Yesterday	1 wk. Avg.	3 mos. Avg.	3 mos. Change
65,246	85,227	123,414	31,015

 

Page Views per user for Wikieducator.org:

The number of unique pages viewed per user per day for this site

Yesterday	1 wk. Avg.	3 mos. Avg.	3 mos. Change
6	2.3	3	26%

 

 

 

Patricia Schlicht

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Anil,

Thanks for this reply. I get a sense that things are building toward a
successful completion for this CCNC project. Lets hope we generate
some excitement within the community. This whole discussion is begging
a few questions for me, they are;
1) do you see people participating as volunteers?
2) are we going to align with a University or Philanthropist to
provide funding?
3) are we going to align with an existing ICDL organization to create
a source / revision base for ongoing ICDL materials publishing.

I believe the $$$ / volunteer discussion is as important as the others
within the scope of this project.

Sincerely, Peter



On Feb 18, 7:54 am, Anil <aplett... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> You have set the right path. In an earlier email Dr. Wayne has also
> suggested a similar strategy.
>
> Now we may frame tentative credentials for the Team Leader and the
> members through open community discussions. Thereafter we may place
> the matter in the WE Community Council for approval. As CCNC being an
> officially announced project, let us ensure official backup in that
> way.
>
> The team leader may be a person having Open Software teaching
> experience, prior active involvements in   framing Qualification
> Frameworks for IT education, educational content design, team leading
> etc. Details of such credentials should be available on the respective
> person’s WE user page also.
>
> Dr. Wayne is an ideal choice to lead the team but I foresee tremendous
> work load for him in connection with setting up of new organizational
> setup and working strategies for the new phase of WE and may not be
> advisable to demand his exclusive involvement in individual projects.
>
> So let us continue discussions for developing clear picture on the
> credentials for the team leader and members, suggested nominations
> based on such credentials, course development strategy etc till the
> next Community Council meeting.
>
> I may request you to moderate the discussion by setting discussion
> points on right sequence. I am ready to provide my inputs and assist
> the community to consolidate the discussions and frame a proposal to
> be submitted before the Council.
>
> --
> Warm regards
>
> Anilhttp://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasadhttp://wikieducator.org/Indiahttp://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Frameworkhttp://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework/Professional_Educatio...
>
> Skype: apletters
>
> On Feb 6, 4:32 am, Peter <prawstho...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Anil,
>
> > How shall we proceed? Big question, this is what I think.
>
> > 1) Everyone needs to be running OpenOffice 3.0
> > 2) the project needs to be led by a single individual (a benevolent
> > dictator as Wayne would say), a project leader. I believe the OER
> > Handbook success could be considered an exemplar for this, and I
> > understand Seth Gurell took that role within this project. Why he was
> > so motivated to complete the project, I don't know. I emailed him a
> > while back and he is willing to speak with us regarding his success.
> > We may also want to speak to Kim Tucker regarding the OER Handbook.
> > 3) We form a project team where one or two people each take on a
> > module. The whole team would then be somewhere between 5 - 14 people.
> > Before we start any module development we come to agreement (as a
> > team) as to the menu and page structure, the formative and summative
> > assessment approach, we agree to a theme (anchor subject) for the
> > whole project, how much and the type of multimedia, we agree to how we
> > are going to handle the print to pdf... we may need to wait until we
> > have a new hosting arrangement so we can also upgrade the print to pdf
> > software.
> > 4) We need to get alignment with the ICDL. I know Wayne has a lot of
> > experience and contacts for this.
> > 5) Once we are ready to start we all agree to a schedule for progress
> > and the project leader takes ownership of the schedule.
> > 6) Once we have agreement to the look and feel, the menu structure,
> > etc... each module group develops only the first section of their
> > module. As a team we review each others modules make suggestions for
> > improvement and alignment to ensure we have consistency. I believe we
> > should also consider the WE Quality Assurance Framework;http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Quality_Assurance_Framework
> > 7) We all begin development, the project leader becomes benevolent
> > dictator to ensure it all gets done...
>
> > I think everyone who is involved makes the commitment to completion,
> > no excuses!!!!... We have had a few good starts to thisCCNCproject
> > and different modules have made it through to finished. The challenge
> > has been is getting all modules done with a consistent look and feel
> > so learning is optimized. Inconsistency across the modules IMHO has
> > been the projects biggest challenge.
>
> > Let me know how I could help (other than asking me to be the
> > benevolent dictator).
>
> > I hope this helps.
>
> > Cheers, Peter
>
> > On Feb 4, 8:41 pm, aprasad <aplett...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > Hi Peter,
>
> > > You are right,CCNCrequires a committed team and such a team will
> > > definitely be able to complete the course development in 2009 and facilitate
> > > adoption by institutions. We may contact all who associated earlier
> > > /strengthen their involvement as well as bringing in new members.
>
> > > How shall we proceed?
>
> > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 AM, Peter <prawstho...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > > Anil,
>
> > > > This is fantastic to see. As you can see I have been involved with
> > > > this project intimately. I am particularly proud of Module 5 as it was
> > > > a challenge to take the database module (for which little curriculum
> > > > already existed) and move it forward.
>
> > > > I also agree this project could have a significant impact in the realm
> > > > of ICT4D. One thing I do believe is it needs a coordinated effort. It
> > > > needs to be targeted to OpenOffice 3.0 and it needs to print to pdf
> > > > VERY well. It needs to have a consistent theme and usability across
> > > > all the modules. And the formative and summative assessment activities
> > > > need to align with the ICDL. I would again very much like to be
> > > > involved in a project team to take this on. IMO it requires a commited
> > > > team wanting to bring it to completion. Without this team it will only
> > > > make limited progress and end up with an inconsistent look and feel,
> > > > which therefore limits its usability as a learning resource. Just my
> > > > $0.02 worth.
>
> > > > Maybe the time has come where a team will form.
>
> > > > Sincerely, Peter
>
> > > > On Feb 3, 10:49 pm, aprasad <aplett...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > > > Hi new brothers and sisters in our WE family,
>
> > > > > Commonwealth Computer Navigator's Certificate (CCNC) is a very promising
> > > > > project on WikiEducator. Coinciding with Software Freedom Day 2006 (16
> > > > > September), Sir John Daniel, President and CEO of the Commonwealth of
> > > > > Learning (COL), announced plans to institute the Commonwealth Computer
> > > > > Navigator's Certificate (CCNC). This COL initiative will widen access to
> > > > ICT
> > > > > skills training using free software and will be distributed as free
> > > > content
> > > > > for anyone to use, modify and distribute.
>
> > > > > Please visithttp://
> > > > wikieducator.org/Commonwealth_Computer_Navigator%27s_Certificateand
> > > > > see how you can help to complete the course development.
>
> > > > > --
> > > > > Warm regards
>
> > > > > Anilhttp://
> > > > wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasadhttp://wikieducator.org/Indiahttp://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Fr....
> > > > ..
>
> > > > > Skype: apletters
>
> > > --
> > > Warm regards
>
> > > Anilhttp://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasadhttp://wikieducator.org/India......
>
> > > Skype: apletters- Hide quoted text -
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