Presentation on
The WikiEducator which is an evolving community intended for the collaborative:
planning of education projects linked with the development of free content
development of free content on Wikieducator for e-learning
work on building open education resources (OERs) on how to create OERs
networking on funding proposals developed as free content
1. Wiki Media
A non-profit charitable organization.
It encourages
•The growth
•Development
•Distribution
of free, multilingual Educational
Content
2. WikiEducator
WikiEducator is a community resource
supported by the Common Wealth of
learning
COL is an intergovernmental organization
created by common wealth heads of
government to encourage the development
and sharing of open learning and distance
education knowledge
3. What is WikiEducator?
The word Wiki is derived from Hawaiian word
which means quick.
It is an open source software that allows users to
publish license free/open educational content in
the web .
It work on building Open Educational
Resources
It allows user to create any content page on
the public website that could be used by
anyone.
4. What is WikiEducator? Cont'd
It follows a concept of ‘’Open Editing”. Any one
can do it.
A web based collaborative tool for e-learning
materials
It helps collaborative:
● Planning of educational Projects linked with
● Development of free education Content for e-Learning
5. Lead facilitators
Wayne Machintosh, Director, OER
Foundation and Col Chair in OER at Otago
Polytechnic
Rory McGreal, UNESCO-Col Chair in OER
at Athabasca University
Matt Mc Gregor, Public Lead, Creatice
Commons Aotearoa New Zealand
Vasi Doncheva, Flexible Learning
Masager, Norht Tec
7. Open Educational Resources (OER)
Open Educational Resources are teaching
and learning materials that are freely available
online for everyone to use, whether you are an
instructor, student or self learner.
Open Educational resources are teaching ,
learning and research resources that reside in
the public domain or have been released under
an intellectual property license that permits
their free use or re-using by others.
8. Advantages of OER
Improves educational access
Lower the system costs
Avoid reinventing wheels
Frees academic staff time
Lower costs of development through collaboration
Lower cost of resources
No tuition fees
9. Why do you join WikiEducator
To Learn wiki skills
To develop free content materials
To connect to the WikiEducator community
To build relationships with in the individuals
with in WE
To research innovative educational trends
and ideas
To built your network
To grow personally
10. Advantages of WikiEducator
It will create a pool of trained educationalists using
Wiki Technology to develop OERs
Widening the access to education and technology
through the use of WikiEducator
Improving the quantity of these materials through
collaboration
Reducing cost of expensive modules
Building local/in-country capacity by training
participants on all levels who will train others and
creating new educational content in the process.
11. WikiEducator Teacher Collaboration
Portal and Discussion Forum
qProvides a platform to develop into a
vActive
vCreative
vInternational Platform
Teachers can meet each other
Enhance the teachings in your classrooms,
Get inspired, trained, creative and empowered for the
benefit of your students and yourself.
http://wikieducator.org/Teacher_Collaboration
15. Roles of WikiEducator Currently
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E d u c a t o r
A d m i n i s t r a t o r
T e c h n o l o g i s t
R e s e a r c h e r
L e a r n e r
G o v e r n m e n t
E n t r e p r e n e u r
C o n c e r n e d C i t i z e n
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16. WikiEducator in Education sector
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P r e P r i m a r y
P r i m a r y
S e c o n d a r y
T e r i t i a r y
V o c a t i o n a l T r a i n i n g
N o t I n v o l v e d i n e d u c a t i o n
17. US American Graduate Initiative
“W'll support the creation of a
new online and open -source
clearing house of courses so
that community colleges
across the country can offer
more classes without building
classrooms”
“We don't know where this
kind of experiment lead; but
that is exactly why we ought to
try it”
18. Before Starting
● Before we start working on the
WikiEducator, we need to understand
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