Talk:Open Education Practices: A User Guide for Organisations/Educational Development

I have removed this material as the link to Russell no longer works, and it is not evidence-based. I have added material which is. --Bronwynh (talk) 03:59, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Working to develop digital literacy, digital information literacy, and online networking skills with teachers instead of, or before working with students may be less productive than working with students directly. This is an interesting proposition made by Russell Butson, working in the Higher Education Development Centre (HEDC) at Otago University. It is possible that a large proportion of the teaching staff will feel they have more to lose by participating in open education through social media. It may, therefore, be more productive to work with students who arguably have more to gain in developing digital literacy and online networking skills, given their relatively early career stages. By working directly with students it may help to benefit their learning objectives and career aspirations sooner, while helping teachers to observe more objectively the benefits and pitfalls to these new communication skills. Discussions continue with Russell Butson regarding his research into this approach to Educational Development.

Did wiki use increase between 2007 to 2009? "This number was expected to increase when the teacher training schedules used by Otago Polytechnic started to include orientation and skills development in the use of wikis as well as a number of other publishing platforms and media sharing services."

Leigh which is true - from Introduction/Otago Polytechnic's initial steps

Otago Polytechnic is a small public education and training institution in the South of New Zealand that graduates an average of 1,987 students per year.

OR from Development/About Otago Polytechnic

The Otago Polytechnic is a public New Zealand tertiary education institute that graduates around 4500 students per year.--Bronwynh (talk) 04:33, 15 August 2010 (UTC)