[Foundation-l] Wikiversity

[Jeffrey V. Merkey]

Well,

The knowledge is free, but paper and book binding costs money, so we 
should be able to undercut these book peddlers by 45%. I think that 
would be compelling and still keep the electronic versions FREE.

Jeff

James Hare wrote:

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>Jimbo can teach options trading!
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>On 8/15/06, Sebastian Moleski <sebmol at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Hello,
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>>I'm *very* interested in this new project. I think it's an outstanding
>>idea
>>because it might offer the benefit of a college-level education to people
>>who don't usually have access to that. That being said, how can I find out
>>more about the project and what I can do to help.
>>
>>Sebastian
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>>On 8/15/06, Jeffrey V. Merkey <jmerkey at wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
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>>>Jeffrey V. Merkey wrote:
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>>>I am already doing this with Cherokee and Uto-Aztecan textbooks. Why not
>>>the rest of the specialized languages and even
>>>english for that matter?
>>>
>>>Jeff
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>>>>I went in and checked the prices of college textbooks at the BYU
>>>>bookstore. The books cost almost as much as the tuition, church funded
>>>>or not. UofU bookstore is the same. Why shouldn't we be able to create
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>>a
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>>>>business around the Foundation Wikiversity Programs? I might be able to
>>>>swing this one. I'll work on it next week and let everyone know what I
>>>>find out.
>>>>
>>>>Jeff
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>>>>James Hare wrote:
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>>>>>Will Wikiversity even give out diplomas? Or will it be like
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>>Wikipedia's
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>>>>>"we're-good-for-learning-stuff-but-don't-use-us-for-school"?
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>>>>>On 8/15/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
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>>>>>>Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
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>>>>>>>Has anyone considered the possibility of actually instrumenting an
>>>>>>>online course of instruction (beyond creating the content) and
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>>>applying
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>>>>>>>for accredidation of the whole project and going after real funding?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Jeff
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>>>>>>What a frightening idea!  A helpful rule might be, "Wikiversity is
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>>not
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>>>a
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>>>>>>diploma mill."
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>>>>>>Ec
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