Birgitte SB wrote:
--- "Jeff V. Merkey"
<jmerkey(a)wolfmountaingroup.com>
wrote:
Cormac Lawler wrote:
So, my parting thought is: What is that concept?
What is Wikiversity's NPOV?
University == accepted standards of "Academic
Freedom". (not MeatBall Wiki)
Wikiversity == accepted standards of "Academic
Freedom" (not MeatBall Wiki)
NPOV = No such thing in an environment of "Academic
Freedom", it's
called "accepted standards of Academic Freedom".
If it's a university of content it needs to adhere
to these standards --
they've been around for a couple of thousand years
and seem
to work governing institutions of higher learning.
Should be no
different if what you are creating is an open
environment -- Free speech
and all. The one exception to the Wiki MeatBall
rules would be this
project -- within the framework of established
foundation policies of
fair treatment and code of conduct.
Jeff
The problem with "Acedemic Freedom" is it essentionaly
means "Freedom for the Academics". It basically says
"you have passed the bar for entry into acedemia you
may now do pretty much as you like". Wikiversity does
not have a bar for entry so it will need more
restrictive policies than general academia.
Agreed. Code of Conduct. Foundation Policies. Getting folks to use the
content and get it blessed would not be hard.
It's a word game. The word is "developed under an umbrella of Academic
Freedom". This can mean to apply EXACTLY
the same rules that exist in Wikipedia, but approached from a different
angle.
i.e. Foundation policies prohibit inflamatory writings that attack
protected classes, NLT, and other restrictions. Not surprising, Universities
don;t tolerate this type of conduct either -- it's listed in the Code of
Conduct and their published standards. I had this debate with the
university
I was working with that has been historially funded in part by the
Baptist Community. We applied a template of Academic Freedom and
appropriate standards -- result, classes which attack other religions
are now banned in the cirriculum. Clubs for various groups are not,
including
highly controversial clubs at schools. Academic Freedom means a lot of
the same things Wikipedia policies esspouse, just not approached
the same way.
It would be an worthwhile goal to develop Wikiversity content under the
auspices of "acccepted standards of Academic Freedom" which is broader
than "concensus based rules and standards". It's a top down approach,
but still is open to community standards which can be input as a
Code of Conduct for conduction research, writing, and developing
curricullum.
Jeff
Birgitte SB
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