Virtual Field Trips/Open Education 2009

Virtual Fieldtrip, WikiEducator, August 10, 2009

• Wikirandy's transformation
• The Wiki Wiki - http://www.wikieducator.org/Wiki_Wiki
• Media:WikiEducator Survey August 2009.pdf
• Alexa.com Traffic Search Results - top 90,000 websites in world (August 2009)

Focusing on "Community Purpose"

• Content - educational resources, learning resources, etc.
• Connections - networks, communities, relationships
• Conversations - dialogue in groups
• Context - background, history, orientation

Which WikiEducator Community?

(1) WikiEducator - general

• • web space - http://www.wikieducator.org
  • discussion group - http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator

(2) WikiEducator - Community Media - specific

• • web space - http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media
  • discussion group - http://groups.google.com/group/community-media

(3) LearnShare HIV AIDS

http://www.wikieducator.org/HIVAIDS_Portal

(4) Learning4Content

• Learning4Content

Links

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

• HeyWire8 - NZ
• Primal Needs Gone Digital: Educators Motivations in Open Wiki Spaces, Randy Fisher (1st MA thesis project published on wiki), 2009
• OER Resources, Handbook and Timeline
• Community Governance & Draft Policies
• OER Foundation

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A Call for Freedom

• Watch Desmond Tutu, at the opening of a Digital Freedom Exposition conference (2007) at the University of the West Cape, South Africa.

Open Ed Conference Contacts

Brian Lamb - http://openedconference.org/

Logistics

• moderation
• technology
• recording