Portal:Wikiversity

The Wikiversity Portal

Plato

This portal links to information about Wikiversity. Newcomers should start with the Introduction to Wikiversity. The Wikiversity: namespace contains pages with more detailed information about the Wikiversity project. This portal provides a guide to the Wikiversity namespace, particularly the policy pages. Wikiversity is a relatively new wiki community (see Wikiversity:History), so special emphasis is given to Wikiversity development. This portal also links to learning resources that help new visitors and active Wikiversity participants learn more about Wikiversity and how to use its wiki technology to promote learning. Since all of this is really too much for one portal, most of the links to learning resources about Wikiversity should be collected at this other portal. THIS portal is mostly a guide to policy and other "meta-level" topics.

edit

Project proposal and policy

Wikiversity began within the Wikibooks project (see the Wikibooks Wikiversity pages). A Wikiversity project proposal was approved that called for two major components of Wikiversity:
1) learning materials and
2) learning activities.
The Wikiversity model for e-learning is discussed at the Education Portal. For more details about the origins of the Wikiversity project, see History of Wikiversity. Wikiversity policy for research is at the beta.wikiversity.org multilingual hub. Policies specific for the English language Wikiversity are listed at Wikiversity:Policies.

edit

Selected picture

Jack.

Wikiversity Jack is jolly prankster in search of new ways to explore and learn about the world. At Wikiversity learning can be fun and allow active learners to explore their personal learning goals in a rich education-oriented environment. Wikiversity Jack is a symbol for free and fun learning.

edit

Outreach

Wikiversity:Wikiversity teachers
Wikiversity:A Letter to globaltext.org - help draft letters
Wikiversity:School and university projects

Wikiversity is part of the Free Culture Movement.

v • d • e

Free culture

E Pluribus Unix - Free content - FreeCulture.org - Free culture movement - Introduction to Wikiversity scholarship - Software Freedom - Wikiversity scholarship - GNU Free Documentation License - Multiversity - Web 2.0

edit

Did you know...

... that you can use parser functions in templates for generating dynamic content with MediaWiki?
... that any Wikiversity participant with sufficient experience and commitment may apply for Custodianship?
... that Wikiversity is available in English, German, Spanish, French and recently Italian versions with more languages under development at Beta-Wikiversity?

edit

Related portals

Wiki · Participants · Humanities · Physical Sciences · Life Sciences · Practical Arts and Sciences · Mathematics · Engineering and Technology · Interdisciplinary Studies · Social Sciences · Education · Media · Professions · Learning Projects · Learning Materials · Other portals

edit

Content development projects

Wikiversity:Activity bars - indicate page development
Wikiversity:Adding content
Wikiversity:Assessment - evaluating content quality
Wikiversity:Babel - multiple languages
Topic:Developing Wikiversity
The Wikiversity maintenance hub
Topic:Wikiversity

edit

Quotes

"..... the idea here is to also host learning communities, so people who are actually trying to learn, actually have a place to come and interact and help each other figure out how to learn things. We're also going to be hosting and fostering research into how these kinds of things can be used more effectively." -Jimmy Wales comments at (Wikimania 2006)

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled." -Plutarch (discuss)

edit