Sylvia Currie

Cindy's proposal to set up a "space" for special interests is a concept we would like to promote in SCoPE. We'll need to work through some of the logistics of doing this. Some questions that come to mind are:

• What community tools would SIG moderators need access to. For example, would they need more a forum?
  
• Is there any reason you can think of to keep a SIG private? For example, we have a private SIG here (TeleSCoPE) for technical behind-the-scenes discussions where security info might be revealed. Other than obvious cases like, what is the value, and what are the disadvantages of private SIGS?
  

Now that SCoPE is officially up and running, I registered the site with moodle.org. If at least 3 people vote for SCoPE as a "cool" site, it will be promoted around moodle.org and other places.

Here's how to vote:

• Create an account at moodle.org if you haven't already (It's a great community, and a must if you want to learn more about Moodle)
  
• Go to Moodle sites
• Click on the text link Canada
• Click on the button "show voting buttons for these sites"
• Click on the thumbs up icon for SCoPE
  

This is a reminder that we will be meeting in the SCoPE Chat Lounge today at 11:00 am (Pacific) to talk about the organization of our activities and resources on this community site. We need help deciding where to hang the pictures and which furniture needs to be moved around. Or just drop in if you want to try out the Moodle Chat tool.

No interior decorating experience necessary! Invite your friends!

This is a reminder that we will be meeting in the SCoPE Chat Lounge today at 11:00 am (Pacific) to talk about the organization of our activities and resources on this community site. We need help deciding where to hang the pictures and which furniture needs to be moved around. Or just drop in if you want to try out the Moodle Chat tool.

No interior decorating experience necessary! Invite your friends!

Paul's idea to gather together and showcase education research is fabulous. It deserves a special area in SCoPE, and ties into so many other resources and communites, such as the national SAGE for Learning project, the ALN WebCentre, etc (there are so many) branching out to more opportunities for exchange and collaboration.

Where to begin, where to begin!

• Begin gathering research project URLs. This could be accomplished through del.icio.us, forum posts, etc.
  
• Decide what additional information we want to collect (who, what, results, province, country, etc)
  
• Decide how to best organize the resources. Ultimately we could maintain this in del.icio.us and feed it into SCoPE. The glossary tool serves many purposes as well, and can be used as a repository. All members can contribute and comment on items.
• Invite researchers to share their work and research results through moderated discussions.
• Showcase work through SCoPE newsletters, website, etc.
• ...

This is an exciting idea and it needs further exploration. What are some ways you see this working?