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Learning with wikis
by Teemu Leinonen 08 Sep '07

08 Sep '07

Hi all, It's been very quiet on the list lately. I would like to see ideas and opinions on how people see the future of the Wikiversity. Here are two starting points for the discussion. 1. Example of using wiki in a university course David Wiley from the Utah State University is teaching "Introduction to Open Education" class with wiki and blogs. It is an open class for anyone to join. I would love to see similar kind of classes in the Wikiversity. Have a look of the class page at: http://opencontent.org/wiki/index.php?title=Intro_Open_Ed_Syllabus 2. Wikiversity: Free education and free school? I am working on an article that is proposing for the Wikiversity community that we could learn from free and liberal education when thinking about the practices of the Wikiversity. Your comments and ideas on it would be very useful. The article is here: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/ Wikiversity:Free_education_and_free_school%3F Best regards, - Teemu ----------------------------------------------- Teemu Leinonen http://www.uiah.fi/~tleinone/ +358 50 351 6796 Media Lab http://mlab.uiah.fi University of Art and Design Helsinki -----------------------------------------------

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Fwd: [Foundation-l] ComProj needs your help - call for volunteers
by Casey Brown 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

For your information. :-) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sean Whitton <sean(a)silentflame.com> Date: Aug 28, 2007 12:28 PM Subject: [Foundation-l] ComProj needs your help - call for volunteers To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, English Wikipedia < wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, The Communication Projects Group or ComProj was set up some months ago to provide a venue for collaboration between Wikimedians who want to help with communication work. We do all sorts of things: preparation of PR material, reaching out to specific groups to get them involved in our projects, and encouraging inter-project communication. While the group was started up by Sandra Ordonez, the Wikimedia Foundation's Communications Manager, it could in its present form have been started up by any Wikimedian - Sandy is always there to offer guidance but she has made it clear she is not in charge and wants the group to run itself. We do that. How we work is that communication projects are put forward on our mailing list, and people can volunteer to take them on in groups or individually. These can come from all members and, unsurprisingly, Sandy and Cary Bass, Wikimedia's volunteer co-ordinator at the office. We also have weekly IRC meetings to discuss our projects. At the moment we are struggling for members due to August dragging many people away. Projects are not getting done as fast as they should be and we could really do with more members. So, if you have an interest in communications, please drop by <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communication_Projects_Group/Membership>. All that we require is that you are willing to put a decent amount of time into our projects, prioritising it amongst your other valuable work. Please distribute this to individual project mailing lists that I may not be subscribed to, as ComProj is not just for Wikipedia. Yours, Sean Whitton ComProj chair _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost.

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Re: [Wikiversity-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] I can get a Press Release in the Coll...
by CHIZIIS＠aol.com 26 Aug '07

26 Aug '07

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Fwd: [Foundation-l] I can get a Press Release in the Collage Newspaper
by Casey Brown 25 Aug '07

25 Aug '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brian / Talisman <mindandme(a)gmail.com> Date: Aug 25, 2007 10:57 PM Subject: [Foundation-l] I can get a Press Release in the Collage Newspaper To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org If someone can write up something about Wikiversity. And that it needs content and Money(possible for things like tutoring existing classes of the University of California CA and the Community Collage of Santa Barbara. I can probably do a good job in getting it in at least 2 newspapers. The Independent It covers most of Santa Barbara County The Daily Nexus Most readership is UCSB And SBCC. I might also be able to get on the public radio and possibly the local News Channels. I would want to get on bigger TV shows like Letterman or Leno. I May have some connections, These people are looking for speakers and people to talk with a lot. I know I am new here But I really want to help start a Education Revolution. And I think Wikimedia is a vehicle to do it with. I can also Hold Local Fundraisers hear in Santa Barbara. Montecito CA is just next door and it is one of the Richest places in the US. Many many Actors live here. Oprah's 32 million Dollar home is here. We can get some serious money here. I used to do Fund raisers for smaller organizations. I want to hold a Dinner, where participants pay money for the dinner and they get good food and a show. This is a really good way of raising funds. And it is the preferred method of really really Rich people. Thanks Brian Carpenter _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost.

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CheckUser and Wikiversity
by John Schmidt 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

The English language Wikiversity had a great first year with only relatively minor problems from vandals. This Spring we experienced some rather nasty vandalism from persistent vandals and started discussion of CheckUser policy for Wikiversity (http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:CheckUser_policy). An editor with "CheckUser status" on a wiki can determine from which IP addresses a registered user has edited and find all the edits on the wiki from a specific IP (even when logged in). Data collected via the CheckUser feature can be used as an aid in fighting persistent vandalism of articles by people who create multiple accounts. Recently there was difficulty in getting prompt CheckUser help from the meta-wiki, so this may be the time to try to get some CheckUsers for the Wikiversity project. Please participate in the community discussion at the centralized "user rights" discussion page (http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Candidates_for_Custodianship#Nom…) -John Schmidt (user JWSchmidt) _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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$2 Million Digital Media and Learning Competition
by Erik Moeller 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

FYI - maybe someone in the Wikiversity communiy is interested in developing something? MACARTHUR ANNOUNCES $2 MILLION NEW DIGITAL MEDIA AND LEARNING COMPETITION CHICAGO, IL, August, 14, 2007 – The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced today a public competition that will award $2 million in funding to emerging leaders, communicators, and innovators shaping the field of digital media and learning. The competition is part of MacArthur's $50 million Digital Media and Learning initiative that aims to help determine how digital technologies are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. "An open competition is an excellent way to identify and hopefully inspire new ideas about learning in an increasingly digital world," MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton said. "We do not yet know how much people are changing because of digital media, but we hope that this competition will help support the most innovative thinking about learning, the formation of ethical judgments, peer mentoring, creativity, and civic participation, all of which are increasingly conducted online." Awards will be given in two categories: * Innovation Awards will support learning pioneers, entrepreneurs, and builders of new digital learning environments for formal and informal learning. These innovations might range from a teacher add-on for MySpace that allows for safe assigning of a class group discussion, to a platform co-developed by teachers and students to facilitate digital literacy and peer-mentoring between college students and high-school drop-outs earning their GED degrees, to a digital learning festival for the leaders of a worldwide youth environmental campaign. * Knowledge Networking Awards will support communicators in connecting, mobilizing, circulating or translating new ideas around digital media and learning. For example, a team of teacher bloggers who already reach hundreds of thousands of readers may now seek to provide multimedia coverage and translation of MIT Professor Henry Jenkins' recent white paper on media literacy. The open competition will be administered by a network of educators and digital innovators called "HASTAC" (the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory). HASTAC was founded and is primarily operated at two university centers, the University of California Humanities Research Institute and the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University. HASTAC has a network reaching more than 80 institutions globally. The choice of HASTAC, one of a new breed of "virtual institutions," reflects MacArthur's goals in promoting next-generation learning. "We are already teaching a generation of students who do not remember a time before they were online," said Cathy N. Davidson, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University and co-founder of HASTAC. "Their social life and informal learning are interconnected. They don't just consume media, they customize it. These students bring fascinating new skills to our classrooms, but they also bring an urgent need for critical thinking about the digital world they have inherited and are shaping." As part of their prize, awardees will receive special consultation support on everything from technology development to management training. Winners will be invited to showcase their work at a conference that will include venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, educators and policy makers seeking the best ideas about digital learning. Applications are due Oct. 15, 2007, and prizewinners will be announced in January. Detailed information on the competition is available online at www.dmlcompetition.net. "With the digital media and learning initiative, the MacArthur Foundation is playing a leading role in reshaping both institutional and informal learning practices," said David Theo Goldberg, HASTAC co-founder and director of the University of California's Humanities Research Institute. "Traditional learning practices are being supplemented and supplanted by new digital media, which both enable and extend their reach through virtual institutions like HASTAC. This is a natural partnership." This HASTAC competition is supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to the University of California, in collaboration with Duke University. The University of California Humanities Research Institute and Duke University's John Hope Franklin Center are the principle administering bodies for this grant on behalf of HASTAC. ### About the MacArthur Foundation The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grant making institution dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the human condition. More information is available at www.macfound.org or www.digitallearning.macfound.org. About HASTAC A consortium of humanists, artists, scientists, social scientists and engineers from universities and other civic institutions across the U.S. and internationally, HASTAC is committed to new forms of collaboration for thinking, teaching, and research across communities and disciplines fostered by creative uses of technology. More information is available at www.hastac.org. Press contacts: MacArthur Foundation: Jen Humke, (312) 726-8000 University of California and HASTAC: Christine Byrd, (949) 824-9055 Duke University and HASTAC: Sally Hicks, (919) 681-8055 -- Toward Peace, Love & Progress: Erik DISCLAIMER: This message does not represent an official position of the Wikimedia Foundation or its Board of Trustees.

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French-language Wikiversity reaches 2000 pages
by Guillaume Paumier 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

Hello, The French-language Wikiversity has just reached 2000 pages. A press release has been issued (see http://fr.wikiversity.org/wiki/Utilisateur:RM77/Communiqu%C3%A9_2000 ), that has been followed up by articles in many online newspapers, such as Lemonde.fr (website of the major newspaper in France: http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-651865,36-936707@51-934984,0.html) The wiki is registering many account creations. Most of comments on websites note that the project is still very much a big stub (which is true). -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." Henry David Thoreau

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Wikimedia Board Election is calling for endorsements
by Christophe Henner 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

I'm posting it on behalf of Election Committee. -- Schiste Hi Wikimedians, As you may know, we are currently holding the Board of Trustees elections. We are very grateful to your collaborations for sharing the info, through translations, forwarding and other several ways. Last Sunday, June 17, the Board Election has entered its second phase: call for endorsements from the community to the candidates. Only candidates who get 12 or more endorsements in the following week will be able to run in the election. For further information, please see m:Board elections/2007/Endorsements. ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2007/Endorsements ) We would appreciate your translation of this message as well as other Election related information. If you'd like to offer further help, just contact your language coordinator and regularly check the list of candidate statements. If there's no coordinator for your language, please consider joining our translations team. Please contact User:Schiste or User:Aphaia on meta if you have any question. Cheers, Wikimedia Election Steering Committee Usefull links: * http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees The page about the Board of Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation website. * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2007 Board of Trustees elections 2007 * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2007/Translations#Coordinato… Translations Coordinators * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2007/Candidates Candidates Statements -- schiste

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by Christophe Henner 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

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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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