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[Untitled] There are a couple of extensions that WikiEducator has built for the MediaWiki software that I need to highlight. One, is a Collections Manager which "allows any user to build selections of wiki content, and to export them as a PDF file .
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[Untitled] Interview with recent presenter Wayne Mackintosh | Terra Incognita ...: The MediaWiki software we use for WikiEducator records every edit made on the site. So while everyone with a registered account on WikiEducator is free to make changes to content on the site, every registered user also has the freedom to revert to previous revisions of any article on the site, using the recorded history that is maintained for every page.
[Untitled] iCommons.org - Organisation Spotlight: WikiEducator: WikiEducator was instigated in early 2006 by Wayne Mackintosh, an Education Specialist with the Commonwealth of Learning, with a three phase timeline. In the first phase, from inception to the end of 2007, the focus is on establishing a democratic governance model and setting up the resources necessary so that new participants can have all of the tutorials and similar materials they need to become productive within the WikiEducator environment.
[Untitled] Its a Blog.. A Wiki”¦ and a Floor Wax » CogDogBlog: I think 90% of the users of MediaWiki stray as far as changing the logo in the top left and 95% of us use the stock Monobook style I feel like I’ve only scraped down maybe 5 or 10% of what is there. It’s cool to see even more unfolding out there, especially as wikis grow more in variety and interesting uses out there.
[Untitled] My vision for Wikieducator « Learn Online: We’re holding a Tectonic Shift Think Tank gathering in Vancouver (mid April) to explore opportunities to refine MW software for e-Education. I would love to link you via teleconference so you can convey this ideas to the team who are working on the road map for the future.
[Untitled] WikiEducator: Memoirs, myths, misrepresentations and the magic ...: A wiki is built on wiki technologies and I still think there’s a way to go here with many variants on wikitext - there’s no commonly accepted standard wikitext language - grammar, structure, features, keywords and so on are dependent on the particular wiki software used and is a language that users have to adapt to. Transformations (e.g.
[Untitled] Knowledge is power as Wiki content goes printable: The first stage just launched, is a public beta test running on WikiEducator.org of functionality for remixing collections of wiki pages and downloading them in the PDF format. WikiEducator is a project hosted by the Commonwealth of .
[Untitled] Educational Development at Otago Polytechnic | Terra Incognita - A ...: “Ironically, through developing curriculum and content on the Wikieducator platform, we are discovering more opportunities for local collaboration before realising benefits of international collaboration”…this is worthy of considerable exploration…another benefit to add to the list - breaking down of silos internally..increasing dialogue….maybe there’s an opportunity for a panel discussion here…bringing in some diverse viewpoints for consideration….even from other fields.
[Untitled] Puntopanto, bloggers she wrote » Blog Archive » Learning4content ...: The UNESCO OER Community has considered the need to create resources to support local awareness raising activities to extend and build on the interaction in the Community. The set of stories that has been created is one resource.
[Untitled] The illogical rhetoric of Share Alike « Learn Online: Otago Polytechnic is now in a dilemma because its resources are CC BY SA by virtue of using the Wikieducator platform to develop their chainsaw materials. If Otago Polytechnic lecturers download the Wikieducator resources, contribute them into the combined project and print a book under the community’s restriction, they breach the copyrights of the other wikieducator contributors.
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