Wikiversity-l May 2007

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Recording historical information
by dmclean62＠comcast.net 30 May '07

30 May '07

I am considering starting an open-source project to record family history information including things like birthdays, anniversaries, pictures, video, etc plus perhaps some first hand accounts. I was wondering if anyone is familiar with any similar projects or software. I was also wondering if anyone was familiar with any research into encoding indefinite information such as approximated dates. Any helpful suggestions or comments would be appreciated. Donald

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please comment
by hillgentleman 25 May '07

25 May '07

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Threaded_discussions_with_NavFrames Please comment.

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Wikiversity in Italian language created
by River Tarnell 19 May '07

19 May '07

hello, a new Wikiversity has been created in the Italian language. it can be found at <http://it.wikiversity.org/>. - river.

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free online degrees?
by Michael Wehrle 05 May '07

05 May '07

I just came across this list and wanted to pose a question to all list members as I am new to wikiversity. Are free online degrees through wikiversity in the works? And if not, why not? What is keeping them from being able to offer completely free online degrees? -- Best, Michael W. mwehrle(a)gmail.com

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Re: [Wikiversity-l] free online degrees?
by Joseph Wang 05 May '07

05 May '07

I have a non-profit GPL database of distance learning courses at http://www.gnacademy.org/ and I'd really like to integrate that data with wikiversity. The Globewide Network Academy is the result of a previous effort to start an online university and I think there are a lot of lessons we learned in the 1990's that would be useful for wikiversity-l. There are already a lot of places that already can grant degrees online. Some of them such as Charter Oak, Thomas Edison State College, and Excelsior College give academic credit for prior learning and it wouldn't be difficult to structure wikiversity learning experience that can get converted to academic credit. Combine accreditation from TESC with MIT open courseware and social networks provided by wikiversity, and it seems pretty straightforward to come up with an accreditted degree program. Part of what I've been doing is to try to create a degree plan for physics, but unfortunately I haven't had time to contact anyone at TESC, Charter Oak, or Excelsior. The other thing that I'd like to see is a market place for tutors. Right now University of Phoenix hires adjunct faculty to work at extremely low pay, with most of the money going to the university. What I'd like to see is a marketplace where teachers and students can interact directly, this would allow people who now have to teach at University of Phoenix to deal directly with students with some huge cost savings. The idea that I'd like to present is one of an "academic ecosystem" in which there are a lot of institutions each contributing one part to the academic experience. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Wang Ph.D. - joe(a)gnacademy.org China Derivatives Researcher and Software Developer - QuantLib http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Roadrunner

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