An excellent Idea.
I read with great interest and am constantly distratcted from other people's priorities!!
Jay
Univeristy of Winchester


-----Original Message-----
From: List for people wishing to share knowledge experiences of curriculum design on behalf of Norman Jackson
Sent: Fri 24/07/2009 11:14
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Friendly mediation

Dear members of the network

As the person who originally set up the mail list when I was at the LTSN
generic centre as part of the imaginative curriculum project I was
leading, and who did try to stimulate and nurture it in the early days..
I still feel a sense of responsibility and I am concerned at us not
being able to self-manage it. This is a very special network of people
that are through their influence changing higher ed and it's a great
pity and loss if members are driven away because of the volume of email.

I have set up an open wiki for the network. Its not the best tool for
hosting discussion I know but the only one I have the skill to set up
and maintain so I am happy to put a bit of time in to keep it organised.

http://imaginativecurriculumnetwork.pbworks.com/

The sorts of debates we are having could easily be fostered on a
dedicated page such as this one

http://imaginativecurriculumnetwork.pbworks.com/How-drafts-reveal-the-cr
eative-process

Its very easy to use so please give it a go.. If it takes off then we
could perhaps do a once a month summary of new items/discussions/events.
A link from an email to a wiki page set up to host a discussion could
help us manage the mail list better.

Best wishes
norman



-----Original Message-----
From: List for people wishing to share knowledge experiences of
curriculum design [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Peter Kandlbinder
Sent: 24 July 2009 00:20
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: A plea for calm

Hi Kevin,

I love the irony that the first post on your linked is about closing
down because there is too much work involved in maintaining the
community. It seems the issue for virtual communities is primarily
question of the social system rather than the technological system (to
paraphrase Habermas).

regards

Peter



On 17 Jul 2009, at 17:57, Norman Jackson wrote:
I have also enjoyed this flurry of activity.Its great to see the
network spring into life.
If you havent come across it, Richard Greene's 'creativity
stuff' http://www.scribd.com/people/view/310309-richard-tabor-greene
is well worth a read (including his 1500 item checklist!) I
promise you it will challenge your thinking about creativity.
I wondered whether you would find it helpful to have a place
where we could share things so I have created a very simple wiki
and put some of the things I have written on it. It could also
provide us with somewhere to advertise our events and perhaps our
interests.
Please have a go at using it and let me know whether you think
it would be useful.
http://imaginativecurriculumnetwork.pbworks.com/FrontPage
Best wishes
norman
Norman Jackson
Director Surrey Centre for Excellence
in Professional Training and Education





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