--- "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.
Birgitte SB
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