# TAO/Meetings/2011-12-16

Online Meeting 2011-12-16 in AdobeConnect from 1000 to 1130 (UTC+1) Participants: Beat Estermann, Markus Marquard, Stijn Bannier, Patrick Kenel

## interim report abot the inputs to the learning acitivities

Team-Members of the TAO-CoP
* Semaphor (Account/User Page)
* Beat_Estermann (Account/User Page/Listed Member TAO CoP)
* Patrick Kenel (Account/Listed Member TAO CoP)
* Randreas (Account/Listed Member TAO CoP)
* Marquard_Markus (Account/User Page/Listed Member TAO CoP)
* Elvira Schmidt (WMD) (Account/Listed Member TAO CoP)
* Andreas Ninck (Account)
* JonBennett (Account/Listed Member TAO CoP)
* Karen Switzerland (Account/Listed Member TAO CoP)
* Ralph Schneider (Listed Member TAO CoP)
* Kai Grabenhorst
* Stijn Bannier (Account)
Learning/Research Activity
* How to participate in the TAO Community of Practice?
* How to create a learning and/or research module?
* Silver Knowledge
* Working with volunteers Best Practices
* Silver Surfers' Social Networking Services
* Creating a Glossary of Common Terms in a Community
How to create a learning and/or research module?
* Activity Topic and approach are clear
* Target groups are well described: characteristics, motivations, needs, interests (needs for further information identified)
* Processes of know-how generation, compilation, and transfer are well described
* Process of validation with the target groups (involvement of target groups) is clear
* There is a clear idea of how the learning activity will be presented and documented.
* The next steps have been identified. There is a project plan with deadlines.
* There are some reflections on sustainability
Conclusion: development of the modules (Deadline: 31 Jan 2012)
* silver knowledge (Markus)
* working with volunteers (Patrick)
* Social Networking Services (Stijn)

## overview about the feedback from the TAO-Team

impression of the start page
positive:
* clear structure
* content and topics become clear
to be be improved:
* technology oriented
* difficult navigation
* web page hast to be designed more appealing: giving the handbook a "face" (pictures, layout, etc)
* adressing different target groups (user-groups)
* emphasize important links
* more information on the project
* name learning actvities in the introduction
* hints to the philosophy of Wikiversity
experience in creating your first learning/research activity What works out well?
* wiki technology (editor) is easy for texts
* syntax is easy to imitate (for technology affin people)
main drawbacks/obstacles
* Grafische Gestaltung/Corporate Design für TAO schwierig
* Einbauen von Bildern, Einhaltung von Lizenzen (freie Bilder) schwierig
* mangelnde Rückmeldung erfordert Frustrationstoleranz
* stärkere Nutzung von Hypertext/Verlinkung notwendig
* Begriff "Learning and Research Activities" bleibt unklar
* Sprachbarrieren
Community of Practice (CoP) more motivating for people to join the TAO CoP
* Nutzen aufzeigen
* win-win-Situation herstellen
* "Low-Hanging Fruits" identifizieren
* good practice für den Leitfaden aufzeigen
* verschiedende Nutzer(gruppen) einbinden
* leichten/einfachen Beitrag ermöglichen (Erfolgserlebnisse vermitteln)
* Offline/face-to-face-Aktivitäten
* Einbeziehung WM-Community
what content could be provided more interesting for people
* Praxisnähe
* eigene Inhalte einstellen können
* sich austauschen über Fragen und Probleme
* Ideenbörse & Vermittlungsdienst mit response
* interessante Inhalte gut aufbereitet, u.a. auch unsere Research reports
* Tricks und Tipps
General Remarks
* Aufbau einer CoP darf nicht von der Technik her gedacht werden
* Entwicklung von Aktivitäten ist notwendig
* Inhalte müssen eigebracht werden
* Planung der Aktivitäten und Ressourcen
* Ziel (Handbuch) muss erkennbar werden
Conclusion: Massnahmen (Markus)
* Massnahmen entwickeln & priorisieren 1-3 (1 deadline z.B. Ende Januar)
* different levels (Bilder hochladen, ...)
* An alle Umfrageteilnehmer Feedback geben: wie geht es weiter?

## next steps /To Do List

* Module weiter entwicklen (Markus, Stijn, Patrick)
* Massnahmenplan erstellen, priorisieren und Zuständigkeiten klären (Markus)
* Bootstrapping Module (Analyse) - Patrick/Markus
* Get_to_know_your_target_groups => steps to create personas (Beat)
* Introductory module (Simon, Beat, Patrick):
   * Usage of Templates
   * Uploading and licensing pictures to commons e.g. for user photos
   * Contact information for people who want to join?
      * Is it OK to advertise the mailinglist as done here (end of page) https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/TAO/How_to_participate_in_the_TAO_Community_of_Practice%3F/unit_2
      * Especially regarding spam issues? Is there a way to obfucate the mail address?
* Strategy further modules
   * freiwilligenkultur/freiwilligenmanagment (Markus/Meike)
   * Multiplication of FFI (Free Cruise on the Internet) (Beat)
* integrate the TAO logo on Wikiversity (Markenanmeldung, Hochladen bis Januar Beat)
* Simon: How to get email notifications on page changes (diffs)?
   * Simon wants to know, because he likes to get this info as triggers to speed up interactions in working on pages.
   * Can't find it in my preferences as it says here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Email_notification
   * Simon: Abklärung der Möglichkeiten!
* Gaphische Darstellung des Handbuchs (Markus sucht nach einem Praktikant/Hiwi aus der Mediengestaltung) orientiert am bisherigen Design
* next meeting: last week of January - Markus will make a doodle survey