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MA, Organization Management & Development, Fielding Graduate University, California (April 2009)

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Fieldkit # 72

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Standard citation

Fisher, Randy (2008). Primal Needs Gone Digital: Educators' Motivations in Collaborative Wiki Spaces

Core hypothesis

Educators from learning organizations are drawn to WikiEducator for three motivational needs: (1) power; (2) achievement; or (3) affiliation.

Abstract

Pioneering educator-authors are contributing their energies and talents, insights and perspectives to the global self-organizing WikiEducator community and contributing to open education resource (OER) projects - while working with established academic/learning organizations. Motivated by self-interest and a need for achievement, affiliation and power and varying forms of compensation, a growing global cluster of strategically-minded individuals and learning organizations are developing a scalable and sustainable model for free and open education. Undaunted by a complex, self-organizing ecosystem, wiki skills gaps and open source technology hiccups, educator-authors are engaging in meaningful participation, limited collaboration, and experiencing and increased performance and productivity.

Keywords

• motivation, *wiki, collaboration, cooperation, education, organizational change, *open source, linux, FOSS, fear, resistance, needs, technology, technological change, complexity, *self-organization

Key references

Babbie, E. (1998). The practice of social research. Eighth Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company.

Lamb, B. (2004). "Wide Open Spaces: Wiki, Ready or Not", in EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 39, no. 5 (September/October 2004): 36–48. Retrieved December 6,2009 from http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/WideOpenSpacesWikisReadyo/40498?time=1226076078

McLelland, David C. And Michael Burnham (1976). Power is the Great Motivator, Best of Harvard Business Review: Motivating People (2003).

'WikiEducator Statistics Reports (Tables & Charts). (2008). Retrieved December 5, 2008, from http://wikieducator.org/stats/reports/

'WikiEducator Strategy and Timeline: Quick Facts and Highlights. (2008). Retrieved December 2, 2008, from http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:About#Quick_facts_and_highlights

WikiEducator Top Contributors. (2008). Retrieved December 5, 2008, from http://wikieducator.org/stats/reports/TablesWikipediaEN.htm

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Table of Contents

1. Primal Needs in the Digital Age: Educators' Motivations in Collaborative Wiki Spaces
2. Executive Summary
3. The Wiki Process
4. Needs-Based Motivation Supports Wiki Use, Growth
5. Experiencing a New Experience
6. Primary Motivational Needs
7. Compelling Motivational Needs
8. Needs-Based Motivation Theory
9. Intervention |outline Intervention
10. Measuring WikiEducators' Effectiveness
11. WikiEducators on the Move
12. Research Methodology
13. Motivated by the Wiki-Way
14. Complex, Self-Organizing Ecosystems (new chapter)
15. An Open Community of Shared Interest & Support
16. Hippie Era Motivation Theory Meets the Digital
17. Where Do WE Go From Here?
18. The Control Paradox and a Paradigm Shift
19. Discussion / Conclusion
20. References