i guess the model would probably planetmath people using the wikiversity site with local support; but of course there are enough qualified people on the wikiversity staff to help out with answering questions for calculus 1.
On 1 April 2010 18:51, Joe Corneli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Geoffrey: > >> One of the issues with running a for credit class on Wikiversity is that the >> Wikimedia Board specifically doesn't want us (the participants) running >> certification/accredited classes under the Foundation's umbrella. This >> doesn't bar us from hosting them, (I'm designing one for a school right >> now), it just requires that a organization be willing to sponsor it. > > Sounds like a fine arrangement to me. Wikimedia is making a sensible > decision here. > >>We are also working on a sandbox server which might be able to host a CMS like >> Moodle to expand on the wiki software. > > That's a good plan. This has basically been the sticking point that > has prevented me from trying to initiate an intensive "PlanetMath teamup" > in the past. As I see it, what PlanetMath has to offer is heavily > conditioned by (and upon) the features of our software. We're trying > to build a completely state-of-the-art online mathematics collaboration > facility. That's hard work and quite technical! The 'open content' > that PlanetMath produces is only part of the picture. Another > key aspect of things (which we haven't exactly nailed yet, though > we're working on it), is "workflow" -- what some people might call > "Open Educational Practices". > > I can't say one way or another what advantages or disadvantages > Moodle has versus other "similar" platforms -- because I simply don't > know. I know that The Open University uses Moodle for OpenLearn > (http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ - CC-by-sa-nc). Other things to think > about are Elgg and (PlanetMath's own) Noosphere -- and maybe > especially how not to be limited by the chosen platform(s). > >> Other projects have discussed collapsing into Wikimedia, but the community >> tends to be pretty reluctant about approving new projects. Wikiversity is >> the newest project, and was approved in 2006. It would probably be better to >> maintain a partnership, and perhaps have PlanetMath collapse into a new free >> university or something. > > Let's keep putting options on the table. I'm sure there are > people at Wikimedia who are interested in collaborating > on shaping this space -- I want to make sure that PlanetMath > is involved in those conversations whenever that would > be appropriate or useful. > > Joe > > _______________________________________________ > Wikiversity-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l > _______________________________________________ Wikiversity-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l
