User talk:Leighblackall

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[edit] Education & Learning

Hi Leigh, I've noticed you listed yourself at Learning to learn a wiki way, as well as developed the page on Networked learning (which is fantastic). These are very important spaces for us to develop. I think the time is right to really start getting into what learning means in the context of Wikiversity - how are we to provide for it, how does learning take place, why Wikiversity? There are many thoughts on education and how to provide for it, as well as many gradations of educational experience within our community. I feel it's imperative that people, like yourself, really start to engage this topic, to strengthen Wikiversity as a project and to help its contributors to reflect on what they are doing and how they could do it differently (if appropriate). I'm also very much focussed on these questions, and would love to get something going as a community (or mini-learning community) around education. I've posted on School talk:Education with the intention of kickstarting this process - would you be willing to help out too? Hope to talk to you soon. Cormaggio 12:43, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Learning to learn a wiki way

Hi Leigh, I've updated the Learning to learn a wiki way project page and kicked of the talk section. I've begun recruiting people by asking them why they are interested in the project and what they want from the project. Could you help out with invitations to your contacts. Mystictim 00:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Interview through Gizmo

Hey Leigh! More than happy for an interview sometime :) But not sure I can answer the question about using these talk pages to correspond ;) It's just nice to visit Wikiversity and find new messages! Michaelnelson 04:05, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] the "Wikiversity" name and the age range of Wikiversity participants

The idea of what a "university" should be has changed over the centuries. In thinking about the meaning of "wikiversity" as a new concept, I like to orient my thoughts back to the first universities and what they tried to accomplish. I like to think of Wikiversity as an attempt to go back to the original goals of the first universities and a new start towards meeting those goals by making use of wiki technology. There are some ideas along these lines at this website. --JWSchmidt 17:06, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

In case you have not found them, here are some pages for people who are interested in helping develop MediaWiki: m:MediaWiki, m:How to become a MediaWiki hacker. --JWSchmidt 18:04, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Action research with Otago Polytechnic

Hi Leigh, I'm delighted that you've noticed Developing Wikiversity through action research and added yourself at the participants page. Your perspective is really interesting - and it might give real insight into what it is that we are doing in Wikiversity and how we could better serve educators and learners as an educational resource. I'm thinking here that you know your environment better than anyone (on Wikiversity at least!) - so, is this project something that you would like to go ahead with yourself (or that you are doing anyway)? Or would you like us to collectively discuss aspects of this research beforehand? In any case, it sounds like fascinating data to put to our learning use - dying to hear more.. Cormaggio beep 17:45, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Fantastic Leigh, that's really encouraging. I'd love to talk again; however I'm heading to Ireland for the weekend and won't really be free until Tuesday morning onwards. Whenever suits you just let me know. In the meantime, if you want to read up on action research, try the references on Action research, some of these papers or some of the links/papers from this page. Also, if you have access to academic journals, you could try "Action Research", "Educational Action Research", or "Systemic Practice and Action Research". Talk to you soon! Cormaggio beep 11:29, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Leigh, I've been back for the last few days but things kinda got in the way. Off for the weekend again, but I promise we'll talk next week! Back on Monday evening (your Tuesday morning) - we can talk any time after that.. Cormaggio beep 09:53, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Ok, let's make it a date! We should probably remind each other closer to the time... Cormaggio beep 10:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Homeschooling

We just opened up a Homeschooling page. Hopefully we can catalog resources for homeschoolers to counter all those .com sites, some of which are clearly aimed at exploiting folks. I've linked it to and from the Teaching and Learning Online page. Have a look and contribute if you are so inclined. Thanks • CQ 20:20, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Leighblackall mount hutt.jpg

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Thanks Mike, sorry for the oversight. Have added the tag now. Good to know people are onto this sort of thing. --Leighblackall 09:15, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikibooks:

Hello Leightblackall, how are you? I read a comment of yours recently that some faculty members in your school were active in b:Anatomy and Physiology of Animals. Is this true? Can you please help me get some information about this project, so that I can put a spotlight on it? I would love to write about it, blog about it, and get some attention to it. Thanks! --Whiteknight (Versity) (Books) 15:32, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello WK, best to email me about this, so that I can forward you onto the people involved. I have emailed you through WV with this message. --Leighblackall 02:13, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problems

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Yes, best delete that one actually. I could source permission but its a pretty useless image that could easily be improved in a new creation. Sorry for the trouble --Leighblackall 08:39, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Done. --McCormack 08:44, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Random mascot welcome

Mascot welcome

Woof! My name is Jack(Russell). I am a dog and a Wikiversity mascot. I am pretty new around Wikiversity. Perhaps we can learn together! Tail wag...

[edit] Student essays on Wikiversity

Hi Leigh, I'd appreciate if you have thoughts or tips about setting up for Student essays on Wikiversity. -- Jtneill - Talk 03:34, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lecture 2.0

Have you got some ideas for Lecture 2.0? How does Otago do it? -- Jtneill - Talk - c 01:54, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Talk

FYI, I redesigned my talk page header a little - see what you think possibly as a template for others. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 00:56, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

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