Erik Moeller wrote:
This is exactly the problem with the name "Wikiversity", it limits our thinking to what is there, when we are trying to create something fundamentally new. This is why I refuse to even use this name when discussing the project. I am not talking about a "wiki-university" here.
In fact, what I would like to do is to really get to the bottom of these questions: What makes a good researcher? What makes a good teacher? How can we improve and assess people's ability to teach, or to research? How can we directly apply the latest results from didactical and pedagogical research to the teaching processes? How can we have meaningful feedback processes from learners to teachers to researches, and the other way?
I'd add one more: To what extent are wikis well suited to any of these endeavors?
-Mark