Pretty dang amazing idea. Plus I need to join the wikiversity list. -Kathy Quoting Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> a good idea over at wikiversity > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Oct 24, 2007 7:58 AM > Subject: [Wikiversity-l] (no subject) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi there, > > My name is Jamal Ahmed, I'm a junior at Wesleyan University in Middletown, > Connecticut. I have an idea to help the growth of Wikiversity. I figure, > there are a lot of college students who are doing homework on a regular > basis to help themselves understand the material we hope to one day see in > Wikiversity. But at the end of the day, their homework is only of use > to themselves, and at the end of the semester, it gets thrown away. Maybe > we can harness the intellectual productive potential of college students to > produce mass amounts of Wiki material. > > What I have in mind is starting programs in many universities where a > homework assignment given to a student is to complete a section on > Wikipedia /Wikiversity in his/her assigned subject, such as a higher level > math student writing a section on differentiation of polynomials, or an > upper level Spanish student making an interactive vocabulary list of > household items. This could even be extra credit, and guessing the number > of people out there who would love some extra credit, I have a feeling it > would be popular. > > Start with contacting one university, and setting up a meeting with > any/all willing professors. Given the drive that a lot of professors have > for education and giving back to the community, I have the feeling the > response will be popular (nearly all would at the very least include an > extra credit assignment). If there is one class of about 30 upperclassmen, > and each of them is assigned to write a comprehensive section on a > relatively easy topic for their level of understanding, then for that one > assignment you can develop 30 complete sections. Given that academic > caliber material will be sourced too, this will add very complete chapters > to Wikiversity. > > I would love to help out in this project, even starting the first chapter > here in Wesleyan University. Please contact me if you'd be on board for > something like this. > > Sincerely, > > Jamal Ahmed > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikiversity-l mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l > > > -- > -- > Leigh Blackall > +64(0)21736539 > skype - leigh_blackall > http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
