FYI :-) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Henrik Bennetsen <bennetsen(a)gmail.com> Date: Dec 7, 2007 8:08 PM Subject: Invitation: OS Lab Workshop #2 - Wikiversity, Wikipedia, and Participatory Learning To: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org>rg>, Sue Gardner <sgardner(a)wikimedia.org>rg>, Cormac Lawler <cormaggio(a)gmail.com> Please forward this email to all interested parties at Stanford and beyond Stanford Open Source Lab would like to invite all interested parties to our second workshop entitled: Wikiversity, Wikipedia, and Participatory Learning. As our invited speakers we are thrilled to welcome Sue Gardner, the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation as well as Erik Möller, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. Their talk abstract: In 2006, the Wikimedia Foundation , a non-profit organization which operates Wikipedia, launched the Wikiversity project, a free wiki-based platform for online learning and research. First experiments in Wikiversity show the emergence of new forms of self-organized learning and teaching. After transforming the nature of the encyclopedia, could wikis also change the learning process itself? How can the tension between a desire for quality educational resources and a desire for the widest possible participation be resolved? The speakers have generously accepted that this be a true workshop, so we hope that you will bring your questions and comments and help make this an interesting and lively event. When: Monday, December 17th at 3pm Where: The Learning Theater on the ground floor of Wallenberg Hall (Bldg. 160), Stanford University More practical stuff: The event is free and open to all interested parties. Feel very free to forward this email or blog about this. No need to RSVP but you can write Henrik Bennetsen - hbe(a)stanford.edu if you have any questions. You can check out the video from our first workshop with Aaron Swartz speaking about the Open Library. We hope to see you there, Stanford Open Source Lab -- About the Lab: The lab was founded in November 2007 by a group of people from across Stanford who feel that openness matter. We have a wiki (Currently you need a SUNetID to login in, this will be changed) We have a mailing list and you are welcome to join us or read the open archives