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Hi Leigh, I'm impressed by the breadth and depth of your contribution here, and your leadership within Otago, and the WikiEducator community.
Some observations:
- This is a great case study to kickstart a dialogue among and within educational institutions as to the merits of pursuing an open educational content strategy, and by extension using WikiEducator as a development platform. I really like what you've listed as the benefits of working with WikiEducator. There might be one other benefit worth listing, and that is the inside track / being part of a community of opinion leaders related to discovering / playing with new models for educational organisations to cut costs, improve productivity, discover new markets - you get the drift. . .
- In the Vision for content developed on WikiEducator you mention . . . “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.
- Regarding who first - teachers or students. . .I'm of the view that you create a range of access points for people to become involved. . .and have each perspective inform the other - kind of like participatory action research. . .
- Otago as a leader in NZ and Australia - you forgot to mention: “The World” - Your leadership, in your institution, and within WikiEducator has helped catapult both you and Otago to significant prominence in many quarters. As a fellow WikEducator, I value your insights, dedication and active involvement, commitment to the open educational content march, and clarity vision!
WikiEducators of the World Unite! :-) Randy
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