Quizipedia (which is a working title, and perhaps needs a better name) is a new project to develop a site for user-generated quizzes, based on a new tool authored by Magnus Manske. There are a few details announced now at
and much more context in related pages from
under the codename "Wikisoba". There are a couple of demos up at
(The rest of the page is context, and partly explains what this has to do with a Wikimedia UK initiative.)
This announcement is to generate interest in the project, as one of the topics to be discussed at the Future of Education Workshop of 21/2 June in the Barbican:
Basically, some appropriate technology is now there, for anyone to generate their own quizzes, using any sections of any MediaWiki sites. The coding is based on GIFT format (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIFT_(file_format)), which has been around for a little while. Having a repository makes sense, and a community working together to generate content, but a number of directions are still up for grabs:
* The different requirements of quizzes for recreation, self-testing, and more heavyweight goal.
* Quite how to adapt GIFT syntax, or indeed whether there should be a fresh start with something purpose-built.
* How to reach out to people interested in quizzes?
The last bullet is clearly important, if the aim is to apply a wiki-style model. I'm convinced there are many out there who are interested in setting quizzes.
I'm happy to have feedback before the third week of June, offlist or on the talk pages of the UK wiki pages I have mentioned. I won't be able to deal with it immediately, though. I hope to see some of you at the Barbican, and I'm sure that it would be easier to explain the intention with a laptop and flipchart than by email.
Charles