On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Daniel Kinzler
<daniel@brightbyte.de> wrote:
Michael Reschke schrieb:
> a virtual space promoting interaction and interdisciplinary research
> among wiki researchers around the world
>
>
http://en.wikiversity.org
>
> so what?
devoted to learning resources and learning projects for all levels, types, and
styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional
training and informal learning."
That is something complety different. The focus is on learning/teaching, not on
research. And it's for learning about anything, not focused on researching
wikis. Cooperation with Wikiversity is of course a good idea, but it's be no
means redundant.
To clarify: it's incorrect that Wikiversity is not focused on research; research is one of the core focuses of Wikiversity, complementing learning resources and learning activities. Just like other learning 'institutions', research is seen as an educational activity, and as a driver of further knowledge and resources. It's always been a core focus to get researchers (including, but not limited to, on wikis) together on Wikiversity - to share and discuss each other's work, and to collaborate on further work. However, I admit this isn't so clear from the main page, so I'll edit that now. :-)
Conversely, I'd also like a bit more clarity on what WikiScience aims to do, and how it aims to do it. For example, it seems that there is an explicit aim to integrate other tools alongside a wiki in this work - is that right? It would be good, in general, to expand on its scope and vision - as well as an indication of the activity/people/organisation behind it so far. That might help set a foundation for further development and collaboration. ;-)
Cheers,
Cormac