“There are two ways to be wrong about the Internet. One is to embrace cyber-utopianism and treat the Internet as inherently democratizing. Just leave it alone, the argument goes, and the Internet will destroy dictatorships, undermine religious fundamentalism, and make up for failures of institutions. Another, more insidious way is to succumb to Internet-centrism.”
— Evgeny Morozov[1]
I'm an online educator, and my online teaching and learning is both visible and persistent. Although Wikipedia is still a relatively new environment for me. I have used a range of technologies for education. On wikipedia, I am grateful to many who helped me find my way. Here in Gauteng, Bobby Shabangu (for inducting me to this environment), and Matete Lesele (for the good company). Both have been very kind.
I am also an open educator. I support Open_educational_resources OER, am an active member of Creative Commons and a newish Wikipedian. I am also shaped by my context and my teachers. I engage critically with dominant technology and higher ed discourses. I assume, in good faith, that these interactions contribute towards shaping education and technology for public good.
I am a constructivist educator, always thinking and working on my sandbox. The content presented here is never static and others have edit rights. I would love to talk to you, if you have questions.
I would like to be teaching this course
| This user is an instructor for the course Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Weblearning/Recognition_of_Prior_Learning_(Term_2). |
Abstracts or proposals
editArticles under development
edit| Under Development: Mobile Literacy |
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| * /Ballito_Public_Library |
| * Template:SIP_Library Social Impact Publishing Library |
| * Social Impact Publishing or community publishing |
| */COJ_libraries_and_information_services a COJ LIS Wikipedia page |
| * /library_template A Template for Librarians to build upon |
| * /bookdash |
| Under Development: Thirdspace |
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| * Higher Health |
| * /Anthology_edtech |
| * Open access in South Africa |
| * /Geopolitics of postdigital educational development |
| * /SAIDE I did not realise that Tony was also a Wikipedian. Need to find time to improve the SAIDE page |
| * CHE |
| * /siyaphumelela |
| */Early Career Researchers and Scholars in SA |
| * /Cobblers Children Syndrome |
| Under Development: Public Schools |
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| * /Parktown High school for girls |
| * Parkview Junior School |
| Under Development: Press History |
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| * /Golden City Post |
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| Research Infrastructure |
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| * /CHPC |
| * /DIRISA Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa |
| * SAPRIN [2] |
| Under Development: Open Edu Malawi |
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| * /MCDE Malawi College of Distance Education (MCDE) is a department under the Directorate of Open Distance and e-learning (DODeL) in the Ministry of Education. It is mandated to provide education and training through open, distance and e-learning. |
| Under Development: Joburg Heritage |
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| * /Aiton Court was one of the first buildings in Hillbrow to break apartheid laws by welcoming black residents. |
| * /Josephine Dale Lace |
| Under Development: Random |
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| * /mama_money is an article about a remittance group that I am working on |
| * /The centre for the less good idea William Kentridge and Bronwyn Lace have a centre to "create and supports experimental, collaborative and cross-disciplinary arts projects."[3] |
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/Education Spending in South Africa
Article Creation Wizard
editThese steps take you to the Article Creation Wizard.
- Created your Wikipedia account?- - Opened your sandbox?
- - Launched the Article Wizard?
Hit next to start writing your own article.
Translate an Article
editContent translation is available in in all languages. Extended confirmed users can translate pages into their home language. This is either enabled as a beta feature, or there by default.
These steps below explain how to set up the Wikipedia Translation Tool.
- - Is your Wikipedia account extended confirmed?
- - Can you set your preferences under beta features
- - You probably have access to a translation tool
You are not logged in, so you are not extended confirmed. Your account is extended confirmed.does not have the extended confirmed flag, but you are an administrator, so your account is extended confirmed by default.
Translated Articles
edit- I am busy translating this article about Jonathan Jansen.Little surprised that I cant’t get any translation assistance though.
Published Articles
editAfter joining WMSA for their AGM in 2023, I learned about their Wiki Loves SA library campaign. [4] I hooked up with the wonderful peeps at Randburg Library, and we started a monthly Wikipedia meetup (led by Bobby and hosted by Matete). On 2023-12-11 I was inspired to create the Parkview Library page. After several speedy deletes, the Parkview Library page was finally published. I am pleased to have added an info box. I showed the article to Sissy and Portia and asked them to take over. I have been creating Wikipedia library pages for other people. My sister is in Cae Town and she visits the Kloof Street Public Library Writing library pages can be tricky. I have created a library template.
I finished up a short DH-OER project and noticed that the organizational sponsor, SADILaR was not on Wikipedia. I knew that they would be doing Wikipedia workshops. So on 2024-02-12 authored the following piece that was viewed and approved by Menno. Since this article was published a number of translations have been made.
When my " pay as you go" data ran out, I was looking through the “free” options. I there discovered, to my surprise, that South Africa has a state owned newspaper called Vuk’uzenzele. It’s only us big city folk who don’t know about it though. Most people out of the big smoke know all about it.
After completing a series of workshops for a client I visited MZUZU university and met the director. I composed this piece and sent it back to her for approval, its about ODeL at MZUNI.
I was invited to a job interview with Higher_health, and so I decided to find out about them before the interview. I then shared the article with them afterwards. I did not get the job, (and neither did I receive thanks the article). I gifted Nico with the piece when he was appointed and he gave it a thumbs up sign on LinkedIn.
Water supply in Johannesburg has also become erratic. I have authored an article about water and corruption in the sector. We recently had a major maintenance period. I wrote about the event leading up to it Emergency Water supply. Both Anthony and Mary approved
I began an attempt to write an article about the Gauteng Research Triangle (GRT), a research collaborative in Gauteng between the University of Johannesburg, the University of Pretoria, and the University of the Witwatersrand (197.221.14.95). The article was in my Sandbox and was speedily deleted. Sandbox deletions, I think, are not legitimate. I have requested feedback from Herschal and Douglas on why this happened. It seems as if no-one in my circle has heard of the Gauteng Research Triangle. Perhaps I am seeing a "politics and power struggle inside Wikipedia".[5] or more likely, I stated at the wrong point. Subsequently I have written about the South African Population Research Infrastructure Network (SAPRIN) and the GRT are one of these nodes.
Paul asked me to take a look at a feedback and tutor service called Studiosity
I have been interested in Joburg Heritage ever since visiting Northwards , one of the Parktown mansionas located 21 Rockridge Road. Been meaning to chat with them, and after a meeting with Denise in Clarens, I contacted JHA chair. Thought I would write an article about the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation
Substantial Contributions
edit- I have made changes to the introduction of the South African University Rankings site pointing out criticism of of rankings. I would like to get Sioux's perspective, but she has not replied yet. Received a reply from Philip.
- I saw the TEAL classroom in action when I visited Boston for a MOOC training in 2014. Thought I would update their TEAL page.
I have made small alterations to these pages.
- Common Purpose UK
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Pan South African Language Board
- South Africa
- Bessie Head Library
- Robert Sobukwe
- University of Cape Town
- City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
- University of Pretoria
- National Program on Technology Enabled Learning in India.
- New Dorp Library, Staten Island, New York
- RIMS disambiguation page
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References
edit- ^ https://newrepublic.com/article/112189/social-media-doesnt-always-help-social-movements#footnote-112189-1
- ^ https://saprin.mrc.ac.za/about.html
- ^ https://lessgoodidea.com/
- ^ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_South_African_Libraries_Campaign
- ^ https://newrepublic.com/article/112189/social-media-doesnt-always-help-social-movements#footnote-112189-1