Re: Moving forward with web education work

I will do Gail! More on this soon.


On 27 Jan 2012, at 16:23, Frederick, Gail R wrote:

> Chris - please micromanage me! A roll-up of what you see as the major tasks needing attention would be very useful for those of us trying to be strategic with our time.
> 
> Thanks,
> Gail
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Mills [mailto:cmills@opera.com] 
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 2:52 AM
> To: Chris Mills
> Cc: public-webed@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Moving forward with web education work
> 
> Wow, I am quite surprised by the deafening silence after this mail - only one person replied.
> 
> I think I will take the silence as an agreement that I need to micro manage this a bit more, and start handing out more specific tasks to people.
> 
> I will start contacting you individually and asking you how much time you currently have, and how much you would be prepared to do. in the near future. Again, I appreciate that most people here are doing this in their own time, so I will be gentle with you ;-)
> 
> Best regards, and please get in touch if you have any questions or worries.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Chris
> 
> On 13 Jan 2012, at 14:21, Chris Mills wrote:
> 
>> Hello all!
>> 
>> I hope the new year is treating you well.
>> 
>> Today I wanted to discuss something important with you - moving forward with this whole project, and the best way to do so.
>> 
>> I think it is becoming clear that the way I have tried to run this so far has not been very successful - people are finding it hard to engage and contribute. Some people have told me this explicitly. So, how best to proceed?
>> 
>> Broadly what we want out of this is:
>> 
>> 1. Useful discussions pertaining to web education 2. Sharing and 
>> development of ideas/methodologies that will be useful to educators 
>> and students 3. Creation and sharing of learning resources, including tutorials, references and curricula.
>> 4. Outreach to as many relevant educators and students as possible, so 
>> they can all benefit 5. [Add your own, if you think I've missed 
>> anything]
>> 
>> At the moment the tools we have available are mailing lists and a Wiki, pretty much, plus the usual communication tools we use every day. What I would most like to do in the short term is:
>> 
>> 1. Get people writing/updating/editing/proof reading learning material 
>> and curricula 2. Get people working on outreach initiatives to spread 
>> the world about this material 3. Get the non-native-English communities to start working on translations and outreach to their particular communities.
>> 
>> What do people need to be able to do this more successfully? Do we need different tools? Do I need to start micromanaging a bit more, and handing out more specific tasks and deadlines to people, eg "proof read article x in the next couple of weeks"?
>> 
>> Let me know what you think everyone.
>> 
>> thanks! ;-)
>> 
>> Chris Mills
>> Open standards evangelist and dev.opera.com editor, Opera Software 
>> Co-chair, web education community group, W3C
>> 
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