Ray et all,
Ray Saintonge kirjoitti 2.5.2007 kello 20:17:
Why should Wikiversity be a servant of the employers?
If the
employers
want to maximize the value of their enterprise. By providing such
guarantees for employers Wikiversity would adopt the values of the
employers, and become caught up in their partucular yuppie rat-race.
Exactly. This is why I pointed out what are the degrees really for
and about. With this I was trying to make it clear that they are not
very much according to the idea of "Free Learning Community",
academy, popular education or free school.
Still, I do not mind if taking studies on Wikiversity will make some
people more competence in a labor market.
Your second point subsumes that Wikiversity is a
player in the market
place, and that it is somehow in competition with similar
institutions.
Well, I didn't take any stand when opening the concept of a degree. I
fully agree with your conclusions.
Even if it were to concede that as a good thing, who
would accept the
responsibility of all the administrivia that it involves? I doubt
that
it would be an enlightening use of volunteer time. If we pay
someone to
do this the entire character of the project would change.
I do not see here any extra administrative work involved. You simply
write the courses you have took in the Wikiversity in your user page
with links to the course pages. You just build your own "Wikiversity
study record" on your own user page. All based on trust and
transparency. Shit will happen but I am pretty sure that the benefits
of openness are greater than if having some "reliable record keeping
body" working on this.
For some employers beiing into new things would
suggest someone who is
chronically unable to focus on the task at hand, and thus not a
productive employee. There are jobs where innovation is an asset, but
they are a minority.
You are right again. Depending on the job you are applying for, you
may or may not add your Wikipedia courses in your CV. if you are
looking for a job from my research group, please do. :-)
- Teemu
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