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

[Michel Bauwens]

This is perhaps a good moment to ask Tere explicitely how they see their
relation to the wikipedia and the wikimedia foundation, especially in the
light of their problems with democratic governance?

Michel

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:49 AM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> > http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI
> >
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> >
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> >
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Working at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhurakij_Pundit_University -
http://www.dpu.ac.th/dpuic/info/Research.html -
http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI

Volunteering at the P2P Foundation:
http://p2pfoundation.net  - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net -
http://p2pfoundation.ning.com

Monitor updates at http://del.icio.us/mbauwens

The work of the P2P Foundation is supported by SHIFTN,
http://www.shiftn.com/
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