[Foundation-l] Wikiversitophia

[daniwo59 at aol.com]

I am a little taken aback about the eagerness with which Wikiversity is  
being discussed. It seems to me that the big questions are what software we use  
and what we call it.
 
Fortunately, Tim, Elian, and others hit the nail on the head with some  of 
their comments. This whole conversation would be more productive if we were  to 
discuss things like: who are the students, who are the teachers, levels of  
education, course curricula, teacher incentives, structuring lesson plans,  
structure of semesters, accreditation, meeting local educational standards  (which 
are delineated very rigidly), subject matter, interconnectivity between  
classes, extra-wiki learning, grading, acceptance standards, why and how a wiki,  
etc., etc., etc.
 
Sorry, but claiming that we are starting something new is little more than  a 
placebo for a poorly thought out project. Personally, I wish some of our more 
 academically oriented contributors past and present would be asked to weigh 
in  on this.
 
Danny