Fredwbaker

Hi again! In addition to the link I provided before to WP:Communicate OER Team, here are a few other links that might help in getting to know Wikipedia.

I'm curious, too -- it seems that in the last week or two, there have been an unusually high number of edits to Open education, all from new contributors. Do you happen to know what is going on? I suspect this is probably a class assignment. If so, I would very much like to get in touch with the teacher, to explore ways we can support one another's efforts and work together on improving the article. -Pete (talk) 17:05, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey Pete! Thanks for keeping up with me. I am swamped right now with classes and such- so I may be limited on what I can contribute right now, BUT this topic is a huge part of my research area so I am interested in building the page up and maintaining over the long term. I don't know what is going on with the Open Education page. It is very likely a class project, but no easy way to find out. I think the biggest issue that we will face is a lack of consensus on the core elements and definitions for open education. Fredwbaker (talk) 19:20, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Fredwbaker, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page and How to develop articles
• How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
• Simplified Manual of Style

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Yet another welcome -- pasting this standard text with more info about Communicate OER :)

Welcome to Wikipedia and Communicate OER!

Thank you for signing up on the Communicate OER team page! There's a great group forming -- so far, we have more than 25 people, with a broad range of backgrounds and interests; we have professors, librarians, instructional designers, and more. Members also span a variety of countries and language proficiencies. As we set out to improve articles about openness in education, it looks like we will have a great team to work with. If you haven't looked through the list, I encouraged you to read through it: WP:Communicate OER Team.

Whether or not you're at the Open Education conference this week, we encourage you to engage with us -- we're expecting a flurry of activity as we launch! If you're here, come visit us in room C010 any time; or come to one of our daily 45 minute intro sessions in the Remixathon track in room C215.

Another great way to stay engaged is through the project's "talk page" (aka "discussion page"): WT:COMMOER. Please always feel free to add ideas, questions, etc. at the bottom of that page -- even if you just want to say hi, and go into a little more detail about what you're hoping to work on -- we'd love to hear from you. (I just posted a note at the bottom, exploring the open education article, and seeking input into how we can go about improving it -- take a look!)

If you're just looking to get started, we have a page for that -- WP:Communicate OER Do -- intended to collect ideas of projects we can work on. There's currently a "getting started" recipe for how to post a review of a Wikipedia article; check back for further ideas in the coming days. (And if you're game, feel free to add your own!)

Looking forward to working together, -Pete (talk) 18:21, 16 October 2012 (UTC)