On 5/1/07, Michael Wehrle mwehrle@gmail.com wrote:
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?
Hi Michael, and welcome to Wikiversity. :-)
As others have said, Wikiversity won't be giving out degrees in the foreseeable future, if at all. However, some people in the community have been advocating it does move in that direction - see the following page, and links from it: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Creation_of_Free_Online_University. For reference, you can always consult the original proposal: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Wikiversity_project_proposal - but there are still many aspects of Wikiversity that need significant discussion.
My own personal take on free online degrees is that it is completely unrealistic to be expecting to do this self-sufficiently - however, creating partnerships with accredited institutions that would grant degrees (or some sort of credit) for work done in Wikiversity could be a realistic option.
Cheers,
Cormac (User:Cormaggio)