On 01/10/2008, at 22:11, "Cormac Lawler" <cormaggio(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Daniel Kinzler
<daniel(a)brightbyte.de> wrote:
Michael Reschke schrieb:
a virtual space promoting interaction and
interdisciplinary research
among wiki researchers around the world
http://en.wikiversity.org
so what?
Uh... from the front page: "Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation
project
devoted to learning resources and learning projects for all levels,
types, and
styles of education from pre-school to university, including
professional
training and informal learning."
That is something complety different. The focus is on learning/
teaching, not on
research. And it's for learning about anything, not focused on
researching
wikis. Cooperation with Wikiversity is of course a good idea, but
it's be no
means redundant.
To clarify: it's incorrect that Wikiversity is not focused on
research; research is one of the core focuses of Wikiversity,
complementing learning resources and learning activities. Just like
other learning 'institutions', research is seen as an educational
activity, and as a driver of further knowledge and resources. It's
always been a core focus to get researchers (including, but not
limited to, on wikis) together on Wikiversity - to share and discuss
each other's work, and to collaborate on further work. However, I
admit this isn't so clear from the main page, so I'll edit that
now. :-)
Conversely, I'd also like a bit more clarity on what WikiScience
aims to do, and how it aims to do it. For example, it seems that
there is an explicit aim to integrate other tools alongside a wiki
in this work - is that right? It would be good, in general, to
expand on its scope and vision - as well as an indication of the
activity/people/organisation behind it so far. That might help set a
foundation for further development and collaboration. ;-)
Cheers,
Cormac
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