I'm very excited about the project -- I can't wait until it's set up!
On 8/15/06, Jeffrey V. Merkey <jmerkey(a)wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
Well,
The knowledge is free, but paper and book binding costs money, so we
should be able to undercut these book peddlers by 45%. I think that
would be compelling and still keep the electronic versions FREE.
Jeff
James Hare wrote:
(facetiousism warning)
Jimbo can teach options trading!
On 8/15/06, Sebastian Moleski <sebmol(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm *very* interested in this new project. I think it's an outstanding
>idea
>because it might offer the benefit of a college-level education to
people
>who don't usually have access to that.
That being said, how can I find
out
>more about the project and what I can do to
help.
>
>Sebastian
>
>On 8/15/06, Jeffrey V. Merkey <jmerkey(a)wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Jeffrey V. Merkey wrote:
>>
>>I am already doing this with Cherokee and Uto-Aztecan textbooks. Why
not
>>the rest of the specialized languages and
even
>>english for that matter?
>>
>>Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>>I went in and checked the prices of college textbooks at the BYU
>>>bookstore. The books cost almost as much as the tuition, church funded
>>>or not. UofU bookstore is the same. Why shouldn't we be able to create
>>>
>>>
>a
>
>
>>>business around the Foundation Wikiversity Programs? I might be able
to
>>>swing this one. I'll work on it
next week and let everyone know what I
>>>find out.
>>>
>>>Jeff
>>>
>>>James Hare wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Will Wikiversity even give out diplomas? Or will it be like
>>>>
>>>>
>Wikipedia's
>
>
>>>>"we're-good-for-learning-stuff-but-don't-use-us-for-school"?
>>>>
>>>>On 8/15/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Has anyone considered the possibility of actually instrumenting
an
>>>>>>online course of instruction (beyond creating the content) and
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>applying
>>
>>
>>>>>>for accredidation of the whole project and going after real
funding?
>>>>
>>>>Jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>What a frightening idea! A helpful rule might be, "Wikiversity is
>>>
>>>
not
a
>>>diploma mill."
>>>
>>>Ec
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