Learning4Content - Wiki Skills and OER
June 15th, 2008 by Ken UdasIt is great to see something work as it should. You know the whole thing about “walking the talk,” “eating your own dog food,” etc. With this in mind, I want to point you to Learning4Content, which I think is an interesting (and brilliant) project that speaks directly to the notion of an “OER ecosystem” needed for sustainability, which is occasionally mentioned in this and other forums.
Through this project, WikiEducator offers a free series of online and face-to-face workshops on wiki skills. The workshops are made available to teachers, learning designers, students, educators, etc. (which is pretty cool), but the best part is that during the workshops participants develop and donate one free content resource back to the WikiEducator community (which is pretty brilliant).
The next online workshop starts on June 23, 2008. If you are interested, check out the L4C Registration page. There is a learning contract and some expectations for participants to engage in OER community. You can Learn about the expectations, funding, and L4C schedule at the project site on WikiEducator.
