Re: [WikiEducator] suggestion: change the wiki edit formate

[Wong Leo]

I have been using proyeeyan for some time , http://pro.yeeyan.com , it is using mediawiki , and found it very user-frinendly , you can eaisly edit and upload pics and inserts tables charts , and it look just like any mediawiki ,and I am sure it is ,

could WE do something like that , it will not make WE become another wikispaces , but will surely attact more Non-techie persons like myself

Leo please check it out and register for yourself and see for yourself then argue with me

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[Wayne Mackintosh]

Hi Leo,

Thanks for the reference to http://pro.yeeyan.com.

I visited the site -- and sadly I can't read the Mandarin script :-(,
so I'm finding it difficult to compare the editing features of this
site with WE. It doesn't appear to be a rich text editing environment
-- but I could be wrong.

mmm .. the question of easy editing versus the freedom and the power
to innovate is a complex issue. It is also a very popular topic on
our list! I hear and understand what you are saying about the
difficulties of helping non-technie teachers to get started with
content development on the wiki. I'm a teacher myself and when I first
started using this technology -- I was also faced with the challenges
of learning new skills. However, the skills I have learned have opened
a new world of collaboration an sharing. I view the skills of wiki
editing as an essential life skill in a connected world!

While the inertia to get started requires a little effort -- the
benefits far exceed the challenges of learning a little wiki syntax
<smile>. WE has inversted considerable time and energy in training and
the development of training materials to support Newbies in joining
the community -- perhaps we should look at translating some of these
resources into Chinese?

Cheers
Wayne






On May 14, 6:08 pm, "Wong Leo" <leolao...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been using proyeeyan for some time ,http://pro.yeeyan.com, it is

[Leigh Blackall]

Presently I am waiting to hear back from a local hosting companyhere on how much it would cost us to install the FCK editor on Otago Polytechnic's MediaWiki. My thinking is that if there was an FCK editor on that wiki, our staff could use it to author content easily, and then copy paste what they have created into Wikieducator. I think it would be a little easier than using Open Office. There is potential to think about the FCK editor in the browser as an offline editor as well... unfortunate name that FCK.. what is it with open source software naming culture!?

2008/5/15 Wayne Mackintosh <WMack...@col.org>:

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