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Talk:Introduction to Category Theory/Categories

Tlep - if you think I've messed up your line of development, feel free to be ruthless :) I think a project like this needs a Benign Dictator. How do you do the illustrations such as the one for functions in the sets and function - that would help beef up the discussion of the 'categories as a generalization of monoids' point.

If you look at any wikibook on mathematics you will notice that projects like this need active participants. Most wikibooks are at most half done and no longer actively developed. I create illustrations with Inkscape, it's free, try it. Only problem is wikimedia can't render all SVG files correctly. For example arrowheads should be drawn as triangles. Tlep 08:09, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm wondering about putting all of the examples in their own section, not just free categories

I've inserted various more verbiage into the monomorphism section, with the idea of making it a bit gentler for what I imagine the plausible audience to be, but doesn't the current last paragraph assume a bit more than they're likely to know, or am I underestimatig the target audience?

Yea, you are right, too much copy-pasting from wikipedia. Fixed.

I also expanded section on directed graphs, I'll probably want to define limits on all diagrams and not just functors. (exercise: prove that limit of graph is isomorphic to limit of subcategory generated by graph) Tlep 10:39, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

I added a more 'demotic' version of the original conclusion to monomorphisms. Will be on the road for a week so contributions might be sparse

I'm wondering if the full Lawvere&Rosebrugh definitions of injection and surjection shouldn't at least be foreshadowed, although probbly not introduced here, since this lesson is getting to be a bit on the long side, and I think one problem of learning CT is the very large amount of basically trivial terminology and detail that can be piled on at the beginning, without getting used to actually do much of anything. AveryAndrews 20:15, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

I think it's confusing to use word 'element' for arrows. Many categories have sets as objects and the correspondence between set elements and category 'elements' isn't simple (elements of a ring R correspond to arrows $$\mathbb{Q} \to R$$). Arrows $$S \to X$$ really should be call 'S-arrements' of X or something. Not here, but maybe some later lesson. Tlep 16:34, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

As a complete beginner, I couldn't make any sense out of the notion of generalized elements,so they should definitely not be mentioned at this point, but elements-as-arrows-from 1 seemed pretty straightforward. Understanding the equivalence is also good drill in basic set theory. However, I think this lesson is probably getting to be too long, so should perhaps be rethought & reorganized AveryAndrews 22:10, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

The section on the free category on a directed graph is a bit confusing. I found this definition to be very useful which i found on wikipedia: "Any directed graph generates a small category: the objects are the vertices of the graph and the morphisms are the paths in the graph. Composition of morphisms is concatenation of paths. This is called the free category generated by the graph." I didnt want to edit the page, since I am still learning category theory and dont want to disseminate false information :) 137.158.152.206 23:00, 26 May 2008 (UTC)


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Research Administration

Introduction
The intention of this site is to provide one location to house the resources that are needed by the Research Administrator.

Contents

 * 1) History of Research Administration
 * 2) Body of Knowledge
 * 3) Certification
 * 4) Electronic Research Administration (eRA)
 * 5) Professional Organizations

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Research Administration/History

External links and resources

 * Science and the Endless Frontier: A Report to the President by Vannevar Bush (1945)
 * Allocating Federal Funds for Science and Technology - National Academy of Sciences (1995)
 * The Belmont Report -- Ethical Principals and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research

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Research Administration/Body of Knowledge

The CRA Body of Knowledge can be found at: http://www.cra-cert.org/BodyOfKnowledge.htm

Collection and dissemination of information

 * Marketing (Internal and External)
 * Resource Documents, Application Materials and Information
 * Dissemination of Information/Publications
 * Liason
 * Public Relations
 * Agency Structure and Practice

Proposal development

 * Proposal Writing
 * Budget Preparation
 * Documentation to Meet Sponsor Requirements
 * Internal Proposal Processing
 * Negotiation Techniques
 * Contracting Basics

Administration of awards

 * Monitoring Activity
 * Reports on Progress and Financial Status
 * Continuation Funding
 * Close Out
 * Changes in Project Status

Ethics and professionalism

 * Conflict of Interest
 * Boethics
 * Human Subjects
 * Animal Care
 * Professional (i.e. Scientific Misconduct)

Intellectual property

 * Patents and Trademarks
 * Copyrights
 * Licensing
 * Commercialization
 * Data
 * Proprietary Information
 * University-Industry Research Relationships

Regulations and Statutes

 * Overview
 * Governmental Relations
 * Mandated Requirements

Compliance - Federal/Sponsors and General Management Practices

 * Representation and Certification
 * Federal Management Requirements
 * Institutional Committees (i.e. IRB, IACUC)
 * Federal Disclosure Requirements
 * Institution and Sponsor Publicaiton Requirements
 * Federal Labor Standards

Budgeting/accounting

 * Accounting Systems
 * Management Information Systems
 * Special projects

Costs

 * Direct costs
 * Indirect costs (overhead)
 * Indirect cost rates
 * Cost sharing and matching

Facility management

 * Specialized Facilities
 * Property Utility and Equipment Management
 * Safety and Health Requirements and Procedures
 * Hazardous and Nonhazardous Materials
 * Security
 * Renovation and Construction
 * Biohazards

Contracts and purchasing

 * Basic Legal Concepts
 * Management of Contracts and Purchasing
 * Termination and Appeals
 * Records Management
 * Human Resource Management

Sample questions
What are the methods adopted by large indian companies for procurrement of materials, weather thru tender or open enquiries and how do they proceed about it.


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Research Administration/Certification

 * CRA
 * Graduate Certificate in Research Administration

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Research Administration/Electronic Research Administration

 * History of Electronic Research Administration
 * Current events
 * Grants.gov


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Wikiversity-School of Education/Research Administration/Electronic Research Administration/History

What is it? Where did it all begin? What is the status today? Where is it all headed? Can it really come together?
First, let's reflect on the advent of electronic commerce and how electronic research administration (eRA) emerged as an offspring of this technology. Electronic Commerce (EC) is the concept of performing business functions electronically through growth of sophisticated information technology (IT). Electronic commerce incorporates the use of many day to day core tools such as the Web, electronic mail (e-mail), electronic funds transfer (EFT), electronic data interchange (EDI), the Internet and data warehouses.

EC was brought into the limelight in the early 1990's as a result of the Presidential-commissioned National Performance Review (NPR). In March 1993, President Clinton appointed Vice President Gore to lead this initiative.

The ensuing report, delivered in September 1993, "Creating a Government That Works Better and Costs Less," included a section on improving the federal grants process. In that report, four problems were identified:

 * too much red tape;
 * slow review and approval process,
 * inconsistent grant forms and criteria; and
 * redundant reporting requirements across federal agencies. At the same time that President Clinton issued directives to implement a number of recommendations cited in the report, Congress adopted a law - the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). This Act required agencies to develop strategic and performance plans, along with measures of performance, and publicly report progress annually.

At the agency level, the Federal Research Managers Group (FRMG) was formed in 1992 by representatives from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the Army Research Office (ARO) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The purpose was to determine avenues of sharing information and resources. The group agreed to collaborate in a number of areas, one of which was common business practice implementation. To meet this objective, the Business Practices Working Group (BPWG) was established to focus on streamlining grant administration. One way to accomplish this goal is through the use of electronic commerce. In order to promote and strengthen the existing skills at the various agencies, the federal grant Electronic Commerce Committee (ECC) was formed. (link to printable copy)

Since the delivery of the report in 1993, the National Performance Review (changed to the National Partnership for Reinventing Government in 1998) has developed and implemented initiatives targeted at areas in need of reform. One area identified in the report was utilizing electronic commerce through information technology.

In response to these NPR information technology recommendations, the Government Information Technology Services (GITS) Working Group was created in late 1993. This group coordinated efforts to improve the application of information technology and was given the task of implementing the information technology initiatives outlined in the NPR Report, "Reengineering Through Information Technology". In July 1996, Executive Order 13011 was signed by President Clinton, which codified the accomplishments of the GITS Working Group and established the GITS Board to continue NPR information technology implementation and promote information technology innovation. In addition, the Executive Order established the Chief Information Officers Council (CIO Council) as the principal interagency forum to improve agency practices on matters involving agency information resources.

Access America, the GITS Board's 1997 report identified several automation and reengineering opportunities in the federal government. The report cited federal grants distribution as an area ripe for automation and the application of electronic solutions:

"Automate the federal grants process. In FY 1996, the federal government provided approximately $300 billion in grants to governments, universities, tribal governments, non-profit organizations, and individuals. The grants process can be improved and speeded up using electronic commerce, and 10 federal agencies have joined together to form the U.S. Electronic Grants Project. This will provide a "one-stop shop" for federal grant applications using World Wide Web and EDI technologies; users will be able to choose which safe, secure method they want to use."

The U.S. Electronic Grants Project was initiated by a subgroup of the Grant Management Council within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The vision was to develop and implement a comprehensive electronic grants system which would streamline the grants business process, increase effectiveness, and cut costs for federal agencies and grant customers. In late 1996 the GITS Board approved the pilot and a system was developed with a grant from the Information Technology Innovation Fund. In early 1997 the Federal Public Key Infrastructure Steering Committee (FPKI) of the GITS Board approved a pilot to evaluate security issues related to conducting grants business over the Internet. A U.S. Electronic Grants System security module was developed with a grant from the FPKI's Key Recovery Demonstration Project (KRDP). The final report on the U.S. Electronic Grants Project may be found at http://fdp3.org/EGFinal.pdf.

DOT's approach was to persuade all the agencies to join in with the U.S. Electronic Grants Project, based on the recommendation in the Access America report. But by 1997 the NSF, NIH and ONR were developing individual efforts in electronic grants. As early as 1986, NSF was developing the concept for a research project to be tested by universities to explore electronic proposal submission capabilities. This project has evolved to what is currently known as FastLane. For a complete history of FastLane, visit https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a0/about/fastlane_history.htm.

The NIH Commons was first utilized on a development computer platform in November, 1996. This platform was made accessible to 10 grantee organizations who had been selected to assist in the first pilot deployment. This selection was based on participation in a DOE Cooperative Agreement in which NIH was formally involved. For more information about the NIH Commons, visit NIH ERA Status Update.pdf.

The results of the recommendation to expand the U.S. Electronic Grants Project, and in accordance with the Access America report, was the formation of the Interagency Electronic Grants Committee (IAEGC) in June, 1997. The IAEGC's purpose is to coordinate, promote and facilitate the effective use of electronic commerce throughout the federal grants community. The IAEGC is under the sponsorship of the General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Electronic Government - formerly called the Federal Electronic Commerce Program Office (FECPO) (whose mission is to develop a policy framework to support EC, help government agencies find and use the best tools, and spread the most promising ideas across government).

The federal grant enterprise is conducted via numerous programs in 33 federal agencies. Depending on the mission of the agency and the target recipient community, administrative requirements vary from agency to agency, and even program to program within agencies. Therefore, it was logical for agencies to begin focusing on common solutions built on a commitment to common data standards and business practices, and flexible technological options.

The ECC (as originally formed under the Business Practices Working Group and currently referred to as the Research and Related Subcommittee) was included as the subcommittee for research and related agencies and a state and local subcommitee (now named S&L/NP&O; State & Local Government, Non-Profit and Other) was also formed. The ECC contributed their progress to date which included developing a set of data standards for research grants, which became the EDI Transaction Set "X12 194" (standard approved and released for use in January 1997) as well as a long history of working with the research community, including the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP). In addition, the IAEGC developed the Electronic Grants Data Dictionary Policy and Procedures to document the common language of electronic grants processing. The DOT project, NSF FastLane, NIH Commons and the ONR Payment Systems were the primary efforts in electronic grant initiatives during this time. For meeting agendas and subsequent minutes for the IAEGC and its subcommittee, access http://www.financenet.gov/financenet/fed/iaegc/meeting.htm.

The FDP is a cooperative initiative among federal agencies, grantee institutions, and professional organizations. It was established to increase productivity by streamlining the administrative process and minimizing the administrative burden on principal investigators while maintaining effective stewardship of federal funds. As cited in the 1993 NPR report, the FDP, in cooperation with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was recommended as the organizational model and demonstration focus to look at ways of reducing administrative burden. The FDP was the perfect place for electronic research administration initiatives to flourish. In 1995, the FDP expanded to Phase III and broadened its original scope and focus to include electronic research administration reengineered systems and procedures, with increased productivity and decreased administrative burden.

Since June 1996, five FDP task forces have been formed to study specific facets of eRA which include:

 * Electronic Notification of Awards - Design a standard electronic dataset to transmit award information.
 * Professional Profiles - Design an electronic dataset for static professional data.
 * Institutional Profiles - Design an electronic dataset for static institutional information.
 * Electronic Routing and Approval Systems - Investigate, design, test and distribute alternative solutions for routing and approval systems.
 * Integrated Performance Standards - Identify opportunities to standardize and simplify business rules and performance standards associated with Federal Research Assistance.

In March 1998, the idea of a Federal eRA Commons was proposed jointly to the FDP and the ECC, building on the desires expressed through the FDP and customers for a common face for research grants. As the research agencies discussed this concept within the IAEGC, GSA in particular requested that it be enlarged to include all grants under the concept of the Federal Commons. This meant broadening the project to include not only research grant requirements, but also state and local requirements. Given their electronic grant pilot efforts, the first step was to involve DOT in the discussions. This has resulted in expanding the DOT architecture developed as part of the U.S. Electronic Grants Project, and enabling a Federal grant management portal. The Federal Commons, as this portal, will enable grantee organizations to communicate with the Federal government using various technologies, including Web forms, desktop forms, and data streams (e.g., EDI, HTML, and XML). Regardless of the technology option selected by the grantee, the Federal Commons will ensure that the transaction is communicated to the target agency. For example, a customer could submit an EDI grant application through the Federal Commons to an agency that does not support EDI transactions.

The Federal Commons will provide the focus for agencies to develop common face for electronic grants systems. A common face will facilitate use of these systems by the extramural grants community, as well as allow for more effective use and sharing of resources among agencies. The Federal Commons will clarify agency commitment to common data definitions. It will also clarify which technologies will be supported. It is hoped that this will provide the confidence in the commitment of agencies to introduce a choice of defined technologies acceptable to recipients, and to convey understanding of the technologies required to build complementary electronic grant management systems at their organizations.

The Federal Commons is envisioned as a coordinated network of disparate federal grant administration systems and databases. One way to access the Federal Commons will be a Web-based interface. The Federal Commons Web site will enable grantee organizations (universities, research institutions, small businesses, state and local governments) to become more familiar with grant activities in the participating agencies. In addition, the Federal Commons Web site will include interfaces designed to support secure transmission of administrative information of pre-award and post-award business processes. Each business process user will be provided with options as to how information can be formatted, transmitted and/or received. In response to the burden that would be placed on agencies to support every technology option, the Federal Commons will broker transactions between the grantee community and federal agencies. Agencies participating in the Federal Commons have on a standard format (based on eXtensible Markup Language - XML) to exchange data between the Federal Commons and agency systems. Transactions submitted by grantee organizations to the Federal Commons will be converted to XML documents and communicated to the target agency for processing.

A special domain called http://fedcommons.gov has been established. Initially, this site will provide a demonstration version of the approach to commons business processes. Also, a Federal Commons link the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance will provide links to agency Web sites. Pilot projects have been completed that cover infrastructure aspects as follows: organizational registration,  user registration, application status query, organizational profile and professional profile. Following the initial deployment, an assessment report will be written. The report will address the following topics: key technology accomplishments, results of testing with customers, recommendations regarding architecture and software tools, and future tasks. It is fully expected to be a blueprint for the future of electronic grants administration. With your continued help and input we will build a true common face approach to grants.

In October of 1998, the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) was signed into law. GPEA seeks to "preclude agencies or courts from systematically treating electronic documents and signatures less favorably than their paper counterparts" so that citizens can interact with the Federal government electronically. By October 21, 2003 agencies are required to provide the option of submitting information electronically.

The Act requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget:

 * in providing direction and overseeing the acquisition and use of information technology, to include alternative information technologies that provide for electronic submission, maintenance, or disclosure of information as a substitute for paper and for the use and acceptance of electronic signatures;

 * to develop procedures for the use and acceptance of electronic signatures by executive agencies;

 * to ensure that, within five years, executive agencies provide for the option of electronic maintenance, submission or disclosure of information as a substitute for paper and for the use and acceptance of electronic signatures, when practicable;

 * to develop procedures to permit private employers to store and file electronically with executive agencies forms containing information pertaining to employees; and

 * in cooperation with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, to conduct and report to Congress on an ongoing study of the use of electronic signatures on paperwork reduction and electronic commerce, individual privacy, and the security and authenticity of transactions.

On April 25, 2000, OMB issued a memorandum providing guidance on implementing the GPEA. This memorandum stated that agencies must submit a copy of their plan to implement the requirements of the Act to OMB by October 2000. On July 25, 2000 a memorandum for Chief Information Officers was released that provided guidance on what was to be included in each plan. The plan's contents should include the following:

 * a brief cover letter on agency's overall strategy and efforts to comply with the Act;
 * agency's plan for Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) collections;
 * agency's plan for interagency reporting, information dissemination activities, and other agency identified transactions; and
 * agency's plan for identifying any high risk transactions.

Due to the sharp increase of eRA activities, FDP formed the eRA Standing Committee in December 1998. The committee's mission is to:

 * Serve as umbrella entity to eRA related task groups
 * Furnish guidelines for eRA development
 * Provide faculty perspective regarding eRA initiatives
 * Establish and maintain relationships with other organizations’ eRA initiatives
 * Establish and maintain relationships with the IAEGC and its subcommittees (R&R, Federal Commons); and
 * Coordinate presentations.

While:

 * Maximizing standards of input by maintaining the notion of objectivity through an honest broker role (stepping outside university/federal position and using a holistic viewpoint).
 * Providing a bridging role to all other stakeholders (speak all languages to help eliminate communication gaps).

In November 1999, the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999, more commonly known as Public Law 106-107, was signed into law and in 11 short sections seeks to:

 * improve the effectiveness and performance of Federal financial assistance programs;
 * simplify Federal financial assistance application and reporting requirements;
 * improve the delivery of services to the public; and
 * facilitate greater coordination among those responsible for delivering such services.

Congress has established an 18 months time frame to carry out these actions (May 20, 2001). While the President signed this bill into law and so shares the responsibility, it should be noted that he did so reluctantly, citing the short time frame for implementation and the lack of funding.

According to the law, the use of a "common application and reporting system" is mandated. As previously noted, one of the objectives of the Federal Commons is to provide the common face to Federal research-related grant making, thus becoming an umbrella system for submission technology alternatives available to the research community. Hence, the Federal Commons is the logical system of choice for the 106-107 mandate.

The law further mandates that the Director of OMB "coordinate, and assist Federal agencies" while also permitting the Director to "designate a lead agency to assist." OMB chose to designate an organization to lead the Public Law 106-107 process. That organization is the General and Policy Oversight arm of the Grants Management Committee (George Strader (HHS) is the chair) of the Chief Financial Officer's Council. The General and Policy Oversight group is co-chaired by Joe Kull (OMB) and Charlie Gale (HHS).

The General and Policy Oversight group is divided into four subgroups. The groups and their attendant areas of focus are:

 * 1) Pre-award - Chaired by Mark Herbst (DoD)
 * 2) * Streamlining application forms
 * 3) * Terms and conditions
 * 4) * Debarment and suspension
 * 5) Post-award - Chaired by Rick Noll (NSF)
 * 6) * Streamline reporting requirements and procedures
 * 7) * Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) document
 * 8) * Cost principles
 * 9) * Pooled payments
 * 10) * Use of Payment Management System (PMS) and Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP)
 * 11) Audit Oversight - Chaired by Robert Taylor (DOT)
 * 12) * Study of Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC)
 * 13) * Compliance supplement/guidelines
 * 14) * Revise A-133 Data Collection Form for Reporting on Audits of States, local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations (SF-SAC)
 * 15) * FAC Web site
 * 16) * Delinquent single audits
 * 17) Electronic - Co-Chaired by Beth Phillips (HHS/IAEGC) and Brad Stanford (DoD/IAEGC)
 * 18) * Common application, administrative and reporting system - the Federal Commons
 * 19) * Grantee information collection and sharing

With respect to implementation it is also essential to note that OMB has notified Congress that the 18 month deadline specified in the law will be interpreted to be the deadline for the submission of agency plans, not the deadline for the implementation of those plans. You can track the progress of these groups at: http://www.financenet.gov/financenet/fed/cfo/grants/grants.htm.

On December 17, 1999, the President released "Electronic Government," a memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies. The directive of the memorandum was for executive departments and agencies, in conjunction with the private sector as appropriate, to help citizens gain one-stop access to existing government information and services, and to provide better, more efficient, government services and increased government accountability.


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Research Administration/Professional Organizations

 * National Council of Research Administrators (NCURA) (Wikipedia)
 * Society of Research Administrators (SRA)
 * Research Administration Listserv RESADM-L : Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists")


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The Advancement of Tertiary Teaching and Learning

Areas of study

 * /E-Learning/
 * /Scholarship of teaching/
 * /Theory of learning/
 * /Free Knowledge Communities and FLOSS in Education/


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The Advancement of Tertiary Teaching and Learning/E-Learning

Getting started with e-learning
You can contribute to this initiative by editing or modifying existing resources. Alternatively, you may wish to add a new resource to the list. Please read the guidelines below before contributing to the initiative.

Guidelines for contributions
The resources listed here are being designed as "just-in-time" professional development resources to assist academics and teachers in higher education with their e-learning activities. They are intended to be used as workshop handouts or digital readings that can be incorporated into online learning courses. Each resource should:

 * NOT require more than 15 - 20 minutes reading time (less is fine but try to keep the resource short and to the point);
 * aim to improve the quality of "e-teaching";
 * be technology neutral (for instance, the resources should not be dependent on specific LMS systems);
 * aimed at teachers that do not have much experience with e-learning;

To enhance reusability try to avoid embedding specific learning objectives, workshop activities or planned online interactions. These can be added later by facilitators who will customise the resource for their own context and target audience. If you are new to the MediaWiki software - you will find help here.

Resources to support good teaching practice

 * /Why should I use e-learning in my teaching/
 * /Making courses more interactive/
 * /Teaching with blogs/
 * /Teaching with wikis/
 * /The learning design process/
 * /Selecting the right media/

Resources describing the technologies of e-learning
The resources described here are designed for academics and teachers who do not necessarily have a strong technical background. They are described from a teaching-learning perspective.

 * /An overview of the technologies of e-learning/
 * /Unravelling the web of interoperability specifications/
 * /Interaction technologies/
 * /Blogging unplugged/
 * /Wikis unplugged/
 * /Podcasting/
 * /ePortfolios/

Links to other resources

 * Wikipedia article


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The Advancement of Tertiary Teaching and Learning/E-Learning/Blogging unplugged

What is a blog
A Blog (short for Web Log) can be thought of as a diary or journal where an individual or group of people blog (yes, blog is a verb and a noun) about a topic or topics that interest them. The postings are arranged in reverse chronological order (latest first).

History of blogs
Rebecca Blood has a useful article on "Weblogs: a history and perspective" though written in 2000 it is still a useful summary.

Definitions
If you're after some definitions try Google's define feature

Anatomy of a blog
There's a useful labeled image at Blogger forum. Have asked Steve the author if we can publish it here

How to find blogs
Just as books have many different styles and purposes, so do blogs. The easiest way to findout about blogs is to read some. But how do you find them. Well you could type "fishing blog" into your favorite search engine (and when I did this I found 1,310,000 entries!) or you could use a search engine that specialises in blogs (and only blogs). Here are some suggestions.`
 * BlogDigger
 * FaganFinder
 * Feedster
 * Technorati

Activity: Find a blog

 * Use your favorite search engine, e.g. Google, and search for a blog in a topic area which interests you.
 * Using a couple of the blog search engines listed above repeat your search.
 * Raed some of the blogs your find.

Blogging software
If you are going to blog you need blog software. With some the blog is hosted and with others you need to load the software on your own servers. The latter is probably preferable for education settings if you want to have more control.

Free hosted blogs

 * Blog City has support files  which contains lots of tutorials.
 * Blogger Blogger Tour  provides a useful overview for people new to blogging, and Blogger Basics  takes you through the basics to get started.
 * BlogSome
 * BlogSpirit one of the few free blogs to offer categories. Help  ranges from Introduction to Blogs through changing the look of your blog and loading images, and more
 * BlogHi
 * BlogText
 * ModBlog
 * MyBlogSite Take their tour
 * SeoBlog FAQs
 * Wordpress.com

Open Source software

 * Blosxom Java
 * BMachine Perl
 * Drupal PHP || MySQL
 * EasyMoblog
 * Geeklog PHP4 MySQL
 * GreyMatter
 * LoudBlog PHP  MySQL
 * Pivot PHP
 * pLog PHP MySQL
 * RBlog
 * Scoop
 * Simplog
 * Su Logu PHP MySQL

Blog Rolls
A Blogroll is simply a list of links to other websites or blogs. There are no exact criteria for what to include in a blogroll, but as they tend to be more static than a blog, they often include favorite or useful sites. Mpst blogsoftware does not include blogrolls and you need to add one in. Here are some links to blogroll creation software: See Wikipedia for more information Blogroll
 * BlogRolling
 * PHPBlogroll

Tag Boards
Tag Boards enable visitors to leave messages. Unlike comments which relate to a specific posting, it is usual to only have one Tag Board for the whole blog. Tag Boards are often used to encourage interactivity. Tag Boards don't usually come with blog software so you need to add one in:
 * Tag-Board.com
 * Chatterbox
 * NVNCBL

Blog readers
If you are reading more than a handful of blogs you will find it useful to use a blog reader. Many blogs (and other sites) provide feeds (eg RSSand ATOM) which blog readers can collect and present to the user in a variety of ways. This saves you having to visit each blog web site individually. RSS Compendium has a good list of readers.

Using blogs in teaching and learning
So you've searched for some blogs, you read your favourites via your feed reader and you are now ready to start using one with students. What can you do? Well the sky is the limit really I suppose but here are some suggestions:
 * Use one of the feed readers which can put content on your course web site to provide updates on what's in the news.
 * Use a photo blog for art students to portfolio their work. Invite art critics to provide feedback in comments.
 * Ask students to blog about the required reading, and post a comment on a peer's blog each week. e.g. Crooked Timber

Resources
Here are some resources specifically about using blogs in education.

Articles

 * Cooper, CD. & Boddington, L (2005) Assessment by blog: Ethical case studies assessment for an undergraduate business management class. BlogTalk DownUnder Conference
 * Poling, C (2005) Blog on: building communication and collaboration among staff and students. Learning & Leading with Technology March 2005 v32 i6 p12(4)

Video
Richardson, W "Weblogs in education video"

Useful links
How to use blogs in education


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Wikis unplugged

What is a wiki?
A wiki is a web site which uses a simple web interface for editing. Open wikis can be edited by anyone and the simple editing interface means that there is no need to learn to use an application such as FrontPage or Dreamweaver. Probably the most widely known example is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This book is also using wiki software.

History of wikis
Wiki software originated in the design pattern (computer science) community as a way of writing and discussing pattern languages. The Portland Pattern Repository was the first wiki, established by Ward Cunningham on March 25, 1995. He invented the wiki name and concept, and implemented the first wiki engine. Some people maintain that only the original wiki should be called Wiki (upper case) or the WikiWikiWeb.

Cunningham coined the term wiki after the "wiki wiki" or "quick" shuttle buses at Honolulu Airport. Wiki wiki was the first Hawaiian term he learned on his first visit to the islands, when the airport counter agent directed him to take the wiki wiki bus between terminals. According to Cunningham, "I chose wiki-wiki as an alliterative substitute for 'quick' and thereby avoided naming this stuff quick-web."

In the late 1990s, wikis increasingly were recognized as a promising way to develop private- and public-knowledge bases, and this potential inspired the founders of the Nupedia encyclopedia project, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, to use wiki technology as a basis for an electronic encyclopedia: Wikipedia was launched in January 2001; it originally was based upon UseMod software, but later switched to its own, open source codebase, now adopted by many other wikis.

In 2005, the Los Angeles Times experimented with using a wiki in the editorial section of its web site. The project was quickly shuttered as vandals quickly defaced it and features to help distribute administration of the site had been disabled.

Today, the English-language Wikipedia is, by far, the world's largest wiki; the German-language Wikipedia is the second-largest, while the other Wikipedias fill many of the remaining slots. The fifth-largest wiki is Susning.nu, a Swedish-language knowledge base running UseMod software. The all-encompassing nature of Wikipedia is a significant factor in its growth, while many other wikis are highly specialized. Some also have attributed Wikipedia's rapid growth to its decision not to use CamelCase.

From Wikipedia Wiki

Definitions

 * A community developed documentation project.
 * Web pages which are editable by visitors to the website as opposed to conventional websites which can only be changed by the webmaster. Usually used for "community" or technical sites to allow for joint authoring and ownership.
 * online collaboration model and tool that allows any user to edit some content of webpages through a simple browser.
 * A Wiki or wiki ... is a website (or other hypertext document collection) that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. "Wiki" also refers to the collaborative software used to create such a website. Wiki
 * See also: wiki:WikiDesignPrinciples

Free hosted wikis

 * Jotspot
 * Wikispaces

Open Source software

 * Kwiki
 * MediaWiki
 * MoinMoin
 * PmWiki
 * TWiki
 * UseModWiki
 * PhpWiki

Using wikis in teaching and learning

 * WikiSchool - ideas for using wikis in the classroom

Resources
Here are some resources specifically about using wikis in education.

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The Advancement of Tertiary Teaching and Learning/Free Knowledge Communities and FLOSS in Education

This section of the wiki is dedicated to the development of support resources for FLOSS in education and Free Knowledge Communities. From time to time, there are forums, conferences and events that can support and promote the ongoing development of these resources. Moderators and organisers wishing to contribute to this intitiative are encouraged to list their activities here.

Active intiatives supporting the development of resources for FLOSS in Education

 * Ongoing UNESCO (IIPE) forum on Free/Libre Open Source Software for e-learning

Guidelines for developing resources
The resources listed here are being designed as "just-in-time" professional development resources to assist academics and teachers in higher education with their e-learning activities. They are intended to be used as workshop handouts or digital readings that can be incorporated into online learning courses. Each resource should:

 * NOT require more than 15 - 20 minutes reading time (less is fine but try to keep the resource short and to the point);
 * aim to improve the quality of "e-teaching";
 * be technology neutral (for instance, the resources should not be dependent on specific LMS systems);
 * aimed at teachers that do not have much experience with e-learning;

To enhance reusability try to avoid embedding specific learning objectives, workshop activities or planned online interactions. These can be added later by facilitators who will customise the resource for their own context and target audience. If you are new to the MediaWiki software - you will find help here.

Resources to support FLOSS in Education

 * /What is FLOSS?/
 * /Describing Free Knowledge Communities/
 * /Selecting a FLOSS Learning Management System/
 * /Drivers for migrating to FLOSS in e-learning/
 * /Regional and National case studies of FLOSS in education/


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Scheme

This is a placeholder for Portal:Engineering and Technology --> School:Computer Science --> Topic:Computer Programming --> Scheme

Please insert a description of Scheme and why you would use it over other languages here. Be personal, you are a teacher now, not an encyclopedian. A nice warm welcome might be in order too.

Prerequisites
Please list all prerequisites. Hopefully they will all be topics here at Wikiversity.

Course Description
Please put what we will be covering here. Be enthusiastic, not dry.

Lessons

 * /What you need before you start/

Enrolled
Please sign below if you are participating in this topic. Use 4 tildes (~) to sign.

Yoshi 05:05, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Links to Materials on the Web

 * Wikipedia - Scheme, SICP
 * DrScheme Language Index - A good reference for syntax and predefined functions.
 * The latest formal Scheme specification
 * DrScheme - An interactive, integrated, graphical programming environment for Scheme

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Scheme/What you need before you start

You Will Need
Before you start you need to download a graphical or command line programming environment. I recommend DrScheme. It has both. You can also look at its documentation. The first time you run this program it will ask for a language, you can choose any but I recommend "Essentials of Programming Languages (2nd ed.)."

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User:Shadoahvision

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User talk:Eyoshicl

Welcome
Hello Eyoshicl, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. After you leave a comment on a talk page, remember to sign and date; for it helps everyone follow the threads of the discussion. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To get started, you may
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User talk:$n00py992

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User talk:0056bond

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User talk:021563sphinx

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User talk:02cjones

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User talk:07jroth

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User:0870test

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User talk:0870test

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User talk:09lovty~enwikiversity

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User talk:0zz~enwikiversity

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Your account will be renamed
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The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

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User talk:14drichinsnukka14

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User talk:19oscar94~enwikiversity

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Your account will be renamed
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User talk:1qx~enwikiversity

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Your account will be renamed
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User talk:7Change.com

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User talk:A. Bettik

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User talk:A. Straea

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User talk:Aaronbera

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User talk:Abhishek Guru

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User talk:Abmac

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User talk:Abpiagentini

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User talk:AdenosineTriphosphate

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User talk:Aftabs

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Networking Regenesis
Hi, I've noticed you are listed as one of active participants in the topic: Computer networks page. If you are still active we are holding discussions as to how we wish to clean up the topic and move it forward. Please see the Topic_talk:Computer_networks page and add your thoughts there. Lysander89 00:22, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Agoo12

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Spanish course refreshed
Hi, if you are still interested in studying Spanish language, let me invite you to this refreshed course Spanish One. It uses Wikibookian textbook "Spanish" and includes an oportunity of live discussio with teacher via Skype. The course understood the importance of live speech and understanding, when letter is understood like a code of explanations.--Juan 14:19, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:NthDegree99

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User talk:Akaustav

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User talk:AlC

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User talk:Alcuin~enwikiversity

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User talk:Aldaron

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Extrasolar planet
Welcome back. Thanks for the updated images in Observational astronomy/Extrasolar planet. Feel free to contact me if you'd like to collaborate on any other astronomy related projects. --mikeu talk 14:37, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Aleem~enwikiversity

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Your account will be renamed
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User talk:Alexander Gerashchenko

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French Mentoring
Salut, Alexander. You are listed at the French stream as being a beginning student of French who is interested in learning French. The French Mentoring project has recently been launched, and if you add your name to that list, I will do my best to put you in contact with an appropriate Mentor who would be glad to help you. The Jade Knight (d'viser) 09:30, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

title: User talk:Alexander Gerashchenko


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Talk:Technical writing audience Persona Michal

Tell a story
Use your writing talents to make Michal come alive. By better understanding him as a person, we'll better understand how he'll interact with both the product and the documentation. TWFred 10:36, 1 November 2007 (UTC)