[p2p-research] Wikiversity’s potential in global capacity building

[marc fawzi]

Wikiversity is a profoundly important effort, so I hope it gets all
the funding and support it needs to take off but more importantly I
hope it does not end up being like Wikipedia



On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:24 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> From our friend Tere in first monday:
> http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2252/2093
>
> Could someone mention this in our blog as well, many thanks,
>
> Michel
>
>
> Learning in and with an open wiki project: Wikiversity's potential in global
> capacity building
>
> Abstract
>
> There is a chance that Wikiversity will become the Internet's free
> university just as Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia on the Internet. The
> building of an educational entity demands considering a number of
> philosophical and practical questions such as pedagogy and organization. In
> this paper we will address some of these, starting by introducing several
> earlier approaches and ideas related to wikis' potential for education. We
> continue by presenting three commonly used metaphors of learning:
> acquisition, participation and knowledge creation. Then we will present the
> main principles of two existing alternative educational approaches: free
> adult education and free school movement. To test these educational
> approaches and practices on Wikiversity and increase our understanding of
> the possibilities of this initiative, in the spring of 2008 we implemented
> an experimental course in Wikiversity. We conclude with several
> recommendations essentially advocating for Wikiversity and the use of wikis
> in education. However, more than just presenting our opinions, as authors we
> aim to make an educated — traditionally and in the wiki way — contribution
> to the international discussion about the future of education for all in the
> digital era.
>
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