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Education in virtual worlds

Welcome to the Wikiversity learning project for exploring how virtual worlds can be used in education.

Introduction
This learning project provides tutorials and guided tours about educational resources located in virtual worlds.

Second Life
Before you try to visit the Second Life virtual world, note the System Recommendations. Activity: visit Second Life.
 * Download the Second Life client software (Windows, Mac OSX, Linux).
 * Launch the Second Life client software on your computer. Click the "new account" button. This should connect your browser to the Second Life registration page.
 * registration requirements: You must provide an email address and select a username and password. Basic user accounts are free. After you create an account, they send you an email that allows you to activate the account. Reminder: you may have to look in your junk mail folder to find their email.
 * Enter your username and password into the Second Life client software on your computer. You should connect to Second Life and find yourself in a location where there is help for learning how to move within the Second Life virtual world.
 * Tip. Before you start getting useful information from typed chat with other Second Life participants, you might want to activate logging of your chat. In the "Edit" menu of the Second Life window, click on "Preferences" and then the "Communications" tab in order to find the logging prefs.
 * Teleport. EduIsland (info: this place does not exist anymore) was created within the Second Life virtual world as a place for educators to explore Second Life. Visit the EduIsland II location shown in Figure 1.
 * SLurl. SLurl provides a way to reach locations in the Second Life virtual world by clicking on hypertext links.
 * If you click on this link you should reach a webpage at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland+II/22/222/33 which shows a map and provides links that say "Visit this location" and "teleport now".
 * If you click on either the "Visit this location" or "teleport now" link you should get to a window in the Second Life client software that looks like Figure 2. Click on the "teleport" button in that "World map" window. You should then find yourself in the location shown in Figure 1 (SLolar Central).

Moving to locations by name
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has a location within Second Life. While using Second Life, click the "map" button and enter "ISTE" into the space to the left of the "search" button. Click search. It should change the text to "ISTE Island". Click on the "teleport" button. You should be teleported to the ISTE Island as shown in Figure 3.

Landmarks. Sometimes a help desk/kiosk will give you a Second Life "landmark". Landmarks are like bookmarks and you can keep them in your Second Life Inventory and use them to return to places you have been. You can create a new landmark at anytime: select "create landmark here" from the "World" menu. Click the "inventory" button to view and use your landmarks. Double click on a landmark in your inventory and then click the "teleport" button in the window that opens.

Building
Figure 4 shows a sandbox area at Genome (110, 99, 26) and a new primitive object. You can create new primitives using the "build" button.

You may also create by right-clicking in an area that allows building (a sandbox, your own land, or land that your group owns) and selecting Create from the pie menu.

Building is accomplished by creating and modifying primitive shapes (referred to as prims). A textual explanation of various editing features is located here USE AND ABUSE OF PRIMS. The number of prims a simulator may contain is limited. Right clicking on the land will reveal the "About Land" option. This provides information about land ownership and number of prims on that land (as well as many other details).

For video based tutorials, search YouTube for tutorials created by Torley Linden.

Jargon. Rez <-- read the definition at the Second Life History wiki. As soon as you start reading about how to add content to the Second Life virtual world, you will discover the term "rez" (an object can be in the process of rezzing, once it exists, then it is rezzed). Sandbox - If you own land in the Second Life virtual world, then you can build on that land. If you do not own land, you can still build in some locations, such as designated sandbox areas.

Reading: The Building Series: Part 1 - Example of a blog about Second Life. Activities. Go to Kuula. There is an information board (see Figure 5) with useful resources. Click on "Building Stuff" for some useful information that will help you build things in the Second Life virtual reality. If you do not want to read instructions, try this hands on tutorial for working with Second Life primitives.

Light sources: Light - some older tutorials tell you that you can make a primitive, a light source, by using the "materials" drop-down menu while editing. However, this option is now in the "features" tab. Deletion. Macintosh trick: while building and deleting unwanted primitives, use the "delete" key that is next to the "end" key.

Resources and Reading

 * Second Life Education Wiki -"Second Life provides a unique and flexible environment for educators interested in distance learning"
 * Scripting resources at the Second Life wiki.
 * Building, Scripting, Useful Links at secondlife.com.
 * Help Island inside Second Life.
 * Help for new Second Life users - NCI Kuula-New Citizens Incorporated, Kuula (54, 167, 28)
 * [[media:FINAL_YEAR_PROJEC1.pdf]]- Virtual Matchmaking Gateway Project Sample

Linden Scripting Language
The Linden Scripting Language is what controls the behavior of objects inside the Second Life virtual world. You should get a "Linden Scripting Language Guide" in HTML format when you download the Second Life client software. Linden Scripting Language Wiki

A simple script: default {   state_entry {       llSetText("",<1,1,1>,1.0); }   on_rez(integer start_param) {       llSetText("",<1,1,1>,1.0); } } Inside Second Life, right click on a primitive you made. Click on the "content" tab. Click the "new script..." button, then double clice "new script..." button then dk on the resulting "new script" in the content list. Remove the default text and past in the text shown above. Type a short description of your primitive between the first "" in the script. Save the script. The description you typed should now appear above the primitive.

Learning resources
Places to visit in Second Life with educational resources
 * Genetics
 * Astronomy at the Science School.
 * Science Lands Blog, follow the link to SLambling blog and then to the Scilands orientation
 * EduIsland website
 * SLolar Central - a gathering place for Second Life Scholars. The building shown in Figure 1 is "SLolar Central".
 * Second Nature. A blog entry about Second Nature science learning resources. Figure 6 shows some biology learning resources at the "Second Nature" area of Second Life. The green blobs are a ribosome....the display is animated with the white "threads" of (RNA) moving through the ribosome. There is a messenger RNA in the bottle.
 * Second Life Science Center - a wiki

Support for nonprofit organizations

 * Nonprofits in Second Life

Whyville
Another option is Whyville. This virtual world can be navigated using only a browser. It has been around since 1999 and is enriched each year with new game, activities and simulations, all geared at explaining concepts through experimentation.

Whyville is a virtual world whose main focus is to provide a safe community for kids and teenager to explore and learn together.

Creating an avatar
Once in Whyville, creating an avatar is the first way to express creativity. Contrary to most other virtual worlds, in Whyville each part you use to create your avatar can be placed freely anywhere. Moreover tools exist for user to create face parts and sell them for the virtual currency (called clams) to other users, thus experimenting entrepreneurship.

Navigating in Whyville
From anywhere you can go to either the "Home" page, the "Map" or a selection of "Chat" rooms and games to "Play". From the homepage a drop down menu on a bus on the bottom left allow you to pick the location you are looking for. Finally, once in a chat room, some spot will bring you to the next room if your avatar moves on them, and links below the room itself lead to the closest locations.

Teacher and Students
As a teacher, you can create an account, this will give you once verified a way to have your student register under you and be added to your class roster. From there you will have a number of tools available to see stats of how the students are using Whyville and what progression they are making. The most support currently available to teachers is for: - Genetics (through a pool of activities around breeding dragons) - Power (learning how it's created, how to manage a grid, what difference exist between different types of power plants, some computation and all of it related to standards) - Mathematics (many puzzles available with tools to create plans and group your kids to help use them in classroom and manage heterogeneity)

Topics covered
Many different topic can be explored in Whyville some examples are Mathematics (PlayMath TM is currently in beta and only accessible by teachers and their classrooms) (the Dance studio teaches about vectors) Physics (the spin lab - the balloon race - the no gravity room are examples of activity teaching about physics) Nutrition (The Whyeat programm teaches how to balance a diet) Power (whypower teaches a lot about how electricity is produced and conveyed from power plants to homes) Driver Education (a simulation teaches a few of the important rules to observe when driving) Ecology (Green build and recycling games) Game development (the game zone allow you to play games created by others or to create your own) ...

Cost to use
All you need is a computer with an internet access, otherwise, exploring Whyville is completely free.

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Creating a simple movie set

 * To do storyboarding with FrameForge 3D Studio, you do not need a movie set.

 * However, a movie set looks nice and helps you get orientated.

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Room Builder

 * Using Room Builder, create a single wall which is 10 feet tall (3 meters) and 40 feet long (12 meters).

 * Drawing this exactly is difficult so use the numerical boxes to set the sizes.

 * Once you do this, you are finished. Press the Build Rooms button.

 * Click on the picture to see it full size.

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The next page

 * Look at the instructions for creating a simple movie set in FrameFore 3D Studio.

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Wikiversity:Feedback

This page is for anyone to give feedback on any aspect(s) of Wikiversity's structure, work, policies, materials, technology, support, etc. If you have a comment about Wikiversity - positive or negative - please leave it below - you might get faster responses when you write it in the Colloquium. If possible, please give an example to back up your feedback, in order for others to understand the feedback, and to act upon it if necessary.

Seems to be disorganized
The site seems to be very disorganized. I have found lots of wikis that have not been updated in ages and appear to be redundant. How do we delete these wikis? What is the purpose of "Categories"? They don't seem to fit anywhere yet I see them linked to on some pages.

 * Just a point on terminology. There is only one wiki here.  It's Wikiversity.  The wiki has many pages.  Being not updated recently may mean they are abandoned, or it may mean they are high quality and there's nothing else that needs to be added.  Appearing redundant either means two contributors had a different vision for that topic, or they didn't search for the other before creating their own.  They can likely be combined now into either a single page, or at least a single learning project.  If you provide examples, we can give you suggestions of how to approach combining the examples you provide.  Categories are used to identify pages that address similar concepts but are part of different learning projects.  For example, there could be 8th Grade Biology, 10th Grade Biology, Microbiology, etc.  All should have a Biology category so that anyone interested in biology can find these resources.  --  Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 00:21, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Am I a student or a teacher?
I am studying in a medical school. I reached Community_Health page while taking a test on community health itself. I had an instant realization that wikiversity deserves the spotlight that MOOCs hold currently. At the same time, I understand that there are very few open educational resources for medicine, online. So I took down wikiversity in my to-do list and came back a few days later. I have a couple of hundreds edits on wikipedia and editing wikipedia is straightforward for me. I was hoping I'd be able to follow the same algorithm in editing wikiversity pages. But the first impression I received is that courses in wikiversity are set by particular teachers or communities. For example the Community_Health page introduction refers to "our aim". So I was confused whether I should be editing the page straightaway or get in touch with someone as to what is acceptable on that page.

The next page I went to was Otolaryngology--Head_and_Neck_Surgery. This looks like a stub. There is a template on the top (welcome and expand) which says one or two words about developing the page, and then a whole large line about classifying the resource. I don't understand why classifying (adding categories?) is given so much prominence there.

Then I went to wikiversity main page. The main welcome box in the front page ends with "guided tour" and "start editing now" neither of which are about content development. So I created my userpage asking for help and left.

Today User:Dave_Braunschweig left me a message and I came back and started reading Adding_content which is the page I should have been reading from the beginning. Asdofindia (discuss • contribs) 13:00, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

 * I think your first impression is accurate. There is general agreement as to what an encyclopedia should look like, so there is great consistency in Wikipedia content.  There is very little agreement on what a good learning resource should look like, even among those with advanced degrees in curriculum design, so there's much less consistency here.  The best approach for adding Wikiversity content is probably to first look at page history for a page that interests you.  Then see if the primary content developer is still active.  If they are active, contact them and see how you can best contribute to the project.  If they are no longer active, be bold and make the content better.

 * Regarding Adding content, as a new user, where do you think the best place to put a link to this page would be? -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 15:23, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

 * I think Adding content should be incorporated into the welcome and expand template. In fact, the template as of now is kind of pointless. It has a link to edit the article which everyone knows how to do. Instead, that link should be to adding content. The "classify" line can optionally be removed, maybe. Also a link in the welcome box on the front page would be ideal. "To learn more about Wikiversity, try a guided tour. To start editing now, learn about adding content." Asdofindia (discuss • contribs) 04:52, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the feedback. I've added that link to the front page.  We don't really use the Welcome and Expand template often anymore.  Many pages with that template could simply be deleted as having no educational objectives.  -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 04:03, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

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Communication skills

COMMUNICATION SKILLS This has to do with the method, way, or strategy through which communication is done successfully. One thing about communication is that we have speakers and listeners, there is no way you would communicate without speaking, and you can't speak when there is no listener. Communication skills are essential for effectively conveying ideas, information, and emotions to others.

Key communication skills:

 * Active Listening: This involves fully concentrating, understanding, responding, and remembering what is being said. Active listening shows respect and helps in building rapport and trust with others.
 * Verbal Communication: Clear and articulate verbal communication involves expressing thoughts, ideas, and information effectively through spoken words. This includes using appropriate tone, volume, and language tailored to the audience.
 * Nonverbal Communication: Nonverbal cues, such as body language, facial expressions, gestures, posture, and eye contact, play a significant role in communication. Being aware of and using nonverbal cues effectively enhances understanding and connection with others.
 * Empathy: Empathy involves understanding and sharing the feelings, perspectives, and experiences of others. It allows individuals to connect emotionally, demonstrate compassion, and respond appropriately to others' needs and concerns.
 * Clarity and Conciseness: Communicating clearly and concisely ensures that messages are easily understood and avoid confusion or misinterpretation. Using simple language, organizing thoughts logically, and avoiding jargon or unnecessary details improves communication effectiveness.
 * Assertiveness: Assertive communication involves expressing thoughts, opinions, and feelings in a confident and respectful manner while considering the rights and feelings of others. It allows individuals to stand up for themselves, set boundaries, and address conflicts constructively.
 * Adaptability: Effective communicators can adapt their communication style, tone, and approach to different situations, audiences, and cultural contexts. Being flexible and responsive enables individuals to communicate more effectively and build positive relationships with others.
 * Feedback: Providing and receiving feedback constructively is essential for improving communication skills and fostering growth and development. Giving specific, timely, and constructive feedback helps individuals understand areas for improvement and encourages continuous learning.
 * Conflict Resolution: Effective communication skills are crucial for resolving conflicts and addressing disagreements peacefully and productively. Active listening, empathy, assertiveness, and problem-solving skills are essential for managing conflicts and reaching mutually beneficial solutions.
 * Interpersonal Skills: Interpersonal skills involve building and maintaining positive relationships with others. This includes building rapport, showing respect, being approachable, fostering trust, and demonstrating empathy and understanding. Developing and honing these communication skills can help individuals communicate more effectively, build stronger relationships, and achieve greater success in personal and professional settings.

Models
Communication models are theoretical frameworks that illustrate the process of human communication. Various models have been proposed over time, each emphasizing different aspects of the communication process. Here are some common communication models:

 * 1) Linear Model: The linear model of communication is a simple one-way process where a sender transmits a message through a channel to a receiver. The message flows in a linear fashion from sender to receiver, with little emphasis on feedback or interaction. This model is often criticized for oversimplifying the complexity of real-life communication.
 * 2) Interactive Model: The interactive model incorporates feedback and acknowledges that communication is a two-way process. In addition to the sender transmitting a message to the receiver, the receiver also provides feedback to the sender. This model emphasizes the importance of active listening and responsiveness in communication.
 * 3) Transactional Model: The transactional model views communication as a dynamic and ongoing process where both parties simultaneously act as senders and receivers. Communication is seen as a transactional exchange of messages, meanings, and responses, influenced by factors such as context, culture, and individual differences. This model highlights the complexity and reciprocity of human communication.
 * 4) Shannon-Weaver Model (Information Theory): Developed by Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver, this model conceptualizes communication as the transmission of information from a sender to a receiver through a noisy channel. It focuses on the technical aspects of communication, such as encoding, transmission, and decoding of messages, and considers factors like noise and feedback.
 * 5) Berlo's SMCR Model: Developed by David Berlo, this model emphasizes four key components of communication: Source (sender), Message, Channel, and Receiver. It highlights the importance of encoding and decoding messages, selecting appropriate channels, and overcoming barriers to effective communication.
 * 6) Berger and Calabrese's Uncertainty Reduction Theory: This theory focuses on how individuals reduce uncertainty in communication contexts, particularly in initial interactions. It suggests that people engage in strategies to gather information and make predictions about others' behavior to minimize uncertainty and increase understanding.
 * 7) Cultural Context Model: This model emphasizes the role of culture in shaping communication behaviors and patterns. It recognizes that cultural differences influence how individuals encode and decode messages, select communication channels, and interpret nonverbal cues.

These models offer valuable insights into the dynamics of communication, but it's essential to recognize that real-life communication is often more complex and multifaceted than any single model can fully capture. Additionally, advancements in technology and changes in societal norms continue to shape and evolve our understanding of communication processes.

Essence of communication skills
The essence of communication skills lies in their ability to facilitate effective interaction and understanding between individuals. Here are some key points that capture the essence of communication skills:

 * 1) Connection: Communication skills enable individuals to connect with others on emotional, intellectual, and social levels. By expressing thoughts, ideas, and feelings clearly and empathetically, communicators establish rapport and build relationships.
 * 2) Understanding: Effective communication fosters mutual understanding by conveying messages accurately and listening actively. Through clear expression and attentive listening, individuals ensure that information is transmitted and received as intended, reducing the likelihood of misunderstandings.
 * 3) Influence: Communication skills empower individuals to influence and persuade others, whether it's through sharing compelling narratives, presenting persuasive arguments, or inspiring action. By mastering the art of persuasion, communicators can drive change and achieve desired outcomes.
 * 4) Collaboration: Communication skills are essential for collaboration and teamwork, enabling individuals to coordinate efforts, share ideas, and work towards common goals. Effective communication fosters cooperation, synergy, and innovation within groups and organizations.
 * 5) Problem-Solving: Communication skills play a critical role in problem-solving and conflict resolution by facilitating open dialogue, negotiation, and compromise. Through effective communication, individuals can address challenges, reconcile differences, and find mutually acceptable solutions.
 * 6) Adaptability: The essence of communication skills lies in their adaptability to different contexts, audiences, and situations. Whether communicating face-to-face, digitally, or across cultural boundaries, effective communicators adjust their approach to ensure clarity, relevance, and sensitivity.
 * 7) Self-Expression: Communication skills empower individuals to express themselves authentically and assertively, enabling them to articulate their thoughts, emotions, and values with confidence and clarity. By honing their ability to communicate effectively, individuals enhance their self-esteem and self-efficacy.
 * 8) Continuous Improvement: Communication skills are dynamic and can be developed and refined over time through practice, feedback, and reflection. By committing to lifelong learning and growth, individuals can continually enhance their communication skills and adapt to evolving communication trends and technologies.

In essence, communication skills are fundamental to human interaction and essential for building meaningful relationships, fostering collaboration, and achieving personal and professional success.

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User talk:Franklinghana

communication skills-only to IPS STUDENTS, GHANA-authored by Mr. E.A Akrong

Welcome
Hello Franklinghana,

welcome to Wikiversity! I have read the user page and if you need any help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions.

When leaving comments for others to read, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone keep track of who is writing messages. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To help you get started:
 * Take a guided tour and learn how to edit;
 * Explore our learning projects;
 * Browse our portals, schools, and research pages; and
 * Read and help develop our community policies.

If you're already excited about editing, our sandbox is the perfect place for all test edits. Also, don't forget to experiment with the links to your left. Be bold, and see you around Wikiversity! Erkan Yilmaz (evaluate me!, discussion ) 16:44, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

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User:Franklinghana

franklinghana is a user page meant for students of the ips,legon ghana who are undertaking studies in communication skills in their first year.(level 100)

this page is aimed at compiling notes on the principal subject for students who by unknown circumstances absent themselves from lectures offered by mr akrong.

this page is founded by franklin dorledzi, also a level 100 student of the school pursuing a programme in bachelor of marketing.

by progression of time, this page will be offered to potential members of the franklinghana fun club and will be allowed for edit to such members.

note is given that this page is a non-profit web page that offers help for freshers to exercise initiative in the area of study.

enjoy.......thanks to thefounder....franklin dorledzi

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Neurodiversity Movement

Welcome to the Neurodiversity Movement learning resource! This is a project-under-construction aimed at teaching all interested parties about the history, aims, and viewpoints of the Neurodiversity Movement, a branch of the Disability Rights Movement. At the moment, very little of the course is completed. Any input and assistance in expanding this project is greatly appreciated. This project is the brainchild of the user Luai_Lashire, who is an active participant in the Neurodiversity Movement.

Students participating in this learning project and users who wish to contribute should sign their names below in the segment labeled "Participants". We can all learn from each other. Feel free to make comments on the discussion page about anything you learn, here or elsewhere, about Neurodiversity, or to ask questions. It is our hope that the talk page can provide a medium for class discussion of the serious issues involved in this topic.

NEW The first section has been updated and now features more information on the subject of neurotypes, as well as a section for discussion. Please join in- part of the goal of this class is for students to learn from each other through discussion.

There is also a new place to go to discuss news articles that are related to the topics of this resource.

Course Goals
By the end of this course, students should have a thorough understanding of the aims and viewpoints espoused by the Neurodiversity movement, understand the concepts introduced by the movement, and have developed their own viewpoint of the issues faced by disabled persons. It is our further hope that by the end of this course, students will have the knowledge and desire to participate in activism.

Course Outline
Very little of the course is written yet, but here is the proposed outline:

/Section 1: The Basics/

 * 1) What is a Neurotype?
 * 2) The Base Precepts
 * 3) *Diversity of Neurology
 * 4) *Celebrate Us, Don’t Cure Us
 * 5) *Accommodation

/Section 2: A History Of Abuse/

 * 1) Quack Cures And Their Dangers
 * 2) Twisted Therapies
 * 3) *“It’s The Only Way”
 * 4) *The JRC (see this article)
 * 5) Mercy Murders

Section 3: Controversies Within

 * 1) Disability vs. “Way of life”
 * 2) The Role of NTs
 * 3) *Examining the historical usage of the term NT.
 * 4) *Meanings of the NT concept.
 * 5) Separatism vs. Integration
 * 6) *Fantasies Of Escape: The Island, The Moon Colony, And More
 * 7) *The Benefits of Inclusion

Section 4: Causes And Cures

 * 1) Introduction: The ‘Double Standard’ & Parents In Denial
 * 2) The Mercury Theory
 * 3) *Andrew Wakefield’s Falsified ‘Science’
 * 4) *Chelation Therapy
 * 5) *The Autism Omnibus Hearings
 * 6) The Genetic Evidence
 * 7) Fears of a ‘Genocide’
 * 8) The Role of "Charities"

Section 5: Labels and Language

 * 1) /Why language matters/
 * 2) Inaccuracies reinforce stigma
 * 3) Presenting the positive

Section 6: History Of The Movement

 * 1) The Disability Rights Movement
 * 2) Branching Off
 * 3) Aspies For Freedom Is Born
 * 4) Spreading Awareness: Protests, Petitions, And Publicity

Section 7: Goals

 * 1) Workplace Accommodation
 * 2) Proper Education
 * 3) Supports
 * 4) Understanding and Acceptance

More material that may get included(or not) into sections
This is the section where you can make subsections of material you'd like to add to this learning resource.

Section about interaction with active communities on the internet
How about a section regarding interaction with existing communities that are active at the moment you are interacting with this page? This section could also evaluate best practices when interacting with online communities so that researchers show the proper respect for the people at the communities. Should researchers first introduce themselves or just mention the topics that they want to bring up?

If you know of any community on the internet where it is possible to interact and where it is also welcome to interact about the topic concept of "neurodiversity" then please add to this resource.

These communities on reddit could potentially serve as places to interact with people who are part of or have feedback about the neurodiversity movement, these communities could be listed here:
 * Reddit community "r/neurodiversity" - subreddit /r/neurodiversity the value represented in  as being directly related to the concept of neurodiversity.
 * Reading the rules of the subreddit is helpful so that interaction happens in a way that respects members of the community.

/Experimental Public Transparent Communication Project/
This section is dedicated to documenting if a participant in this project is planning to interact with an online community. Where their intention is to make their communication transparent so that the notes here can be correlated to the communication in a certain place at an internet/web community. If a participant decides that they don't want to make public their communication that is fine, we all choose what to share and some communication may be confidential so there are reasons not to share some communication/information but transparency generally helps for verifying information.

This project can include polls or other communication.

optional "rules" As a sort of an "optional to follow" rule that participants can follow or ignore is that after a participant has created a poll or a communication plan that the participant waits for at least 48 hours to pass. After those 48 hours have passed the communication/poll/event can be carried out. That might work as a tip that could be useful for some participants as that gives time for the participant's mind to process the plan or the poll.

Other resources
There currently exist many resources to help you learn about Neurodiversity and the issues surrounding it, as well as communities where you can discuss the topic. Here are a few that will be mentioned in the course:
 * Neurodiversity.com is a links directory to web pages with relevant information.
 * The Autism Hub is a group of pro-Neurodiversity blogs written by autistics and relatives of autistics. The hub bloggers are another of the big internet forerunners of the movement.
 * School of Shock The article recently appearing in Mother Jones magazine that shone the spotlight on the abuses occurring at the Judge Rotenberg Center.
 * It's Not A Disease An article that makes a good basic introduction to the ideas behind Neurodiversity.
 * UMiNDS Course Archive All of the lectures from the University of Michigan's Disability Studies program are available here.
 * Autistics.org: The Real Voice of Autism
 * DifferentBrains.com A neurodiversity resource site and blog
 * Not Autism Speaks is a website developed by an AFF member explaining why they do not support Autism Speaks.

Experimental Resources
Experimental resources are for new ways to get resources that are not that common or not just static pages or pages with limited usage.
 * /Project awareness with video streamers/ - This sub project seeks to get resources by finding and interacting with people who might want to know about this resource. It will be done in a transparent way and may be "cross-disciplinary" with Open interviews.
 * /Project interaction with video streamers/ - This sub project seeks to get resources by finding and interacting with people who may relate to the Neurodiversity Movement. In it learners could potentially note down experiences and questions and answers while interacting with Neurodivergent individuals.
 * /Learning more about Neurotypes/ - This sub project aims to help participants learn more in-depth about Neurotypes, what and how people think about them.

Participants
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User:Arjen Dijksman

My name is Arjen Dijksman.

I obtained an engineer degree in Applied Physics at Technical University Delft in 1991 (= MSc degree).

My wikiversity interest is in collaborative original research on the Foundations of Quantum Physics.

I very much appreciate clear, precise learning ressources.

I presently follow a Quantum Optics course at Institut d'Optique. My notes are at /QO. I plan to complete the Lasers and Quantum Optics resource.

I also occasionally contribute on other Wikimedia projects: please view my wikipedia user page.

You could find some more information about me on:
 * my Physics intuitions blog,
 * my youtube channel,
 * my older physics website.

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User:Barasuishou~enwikiversity

I study computer and gaming related topics, especially web design.

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User:Mason L.

[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:Mason_L. My WikiBooks User Page] [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mason_L. My WikiMedia Commons User Page] [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mason_L. My WikiMedia Meta-Wiki User Page] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mason_L. My WikiPedia User Page] [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Mason_L. My WikiVersity User Page]

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User talk:Voyager640

Hello Voyager640, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. When leaving comments for others to read, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone keep track of who is writing messages. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To help you get started:
 * Take a guided tour and learn how to edit;
 * Explore our learning projects;
 * Browse our portals, schools, and research pages; and
 * Read and help develop our community policies.

If you're already excited about editing, our sandbox is the perfect place for all test edits. Also, don't forget to experiment with the links to your left. Be bold, and see you around Wikiversity! --JWSchmidt 04:18, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Mason L.

Hello Mason L., and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. When leaving comments for others to read, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone keep track of who is writing messages. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To help you get started:
 * Take a guided tour and learn how to edit;
 * Explore our learning projects;
 * Browse our portals, schools, and research pages; and
 * Read and help develop our community policies.

If you're already excited about editing, our sandbox is the perfect place for all test edits. Also, don't forget to experiment with the links to your left. Be bold, and see you around Wikiversity! Erkan Yilmaz (evaluate me!, discussion ) 06:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

P.S. have fun in the French stream

French Mentoring
Salut, Mason. You are listed at the French stream as being an intermediate 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) 07:39, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:Barasuishou~enwikiversity

Hello Barasuishou, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. When leaving comments for others to read, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone keep track of who is writing messages. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To help you get started:
 * Take a guided tour and learn how to edit;
 * Explore our learning projects;
 * Browse our portals, schools, and research pages; and
 * Read and help develop our community policies.

If you're already excited about editing, our sandbox is the perfect place for all test edits. Also, don't forget to experiment with the links to your left. Be bold, and see you around Wikiversity! Erkan Yilmaz (evaluate me!, discussion ) 06:32, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

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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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Bloom Clock/Making Keys

The Keys are the first "results" of the Bloom Clock, which transform the data collected in any particular region into a series of dichotomous keys for that region. These keys are created using DynamicPageList, which creates lists of pages using combinations of categories.

The first step in creating these keys is to make sure that any plants that were logged as blooming in a particular region at a particluar time are categorized as blooming at that time and in that place. These categories are added to the pages in the BCP namespace (not on the signatures subpage, that won't work).

The second step is to create the main key page and it's DPL subpage.

 * For an example of a blank key page, see here
 * Then the corresponding DPL page here

The DPL page will then automatically generate a list like this one. Here's how to create the list:

 * 1) Copy that list (from the resource page, not the edit window), and paste it onto the key page like this.
 * 2) Then, add brackets and colons to the page like this (copy/paste is easier if you just add the brackets and colons to the beginning of each line, even though it might look a bit strange on the edit window).

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User:Erkan Yilmaz/observations/2007 September

observations from Erkan Yilmaz for 2007 September

You are invited to add your comments (e.g. but my perception of this issue is different) - please sign anything you add (howto Signature).

2007 September 30 - one year anniversary at German Wikiversity & magic words

 * one year anniversary at German Wikiversity
 * So, how to celebrate the 1 year anniversary at de.WV ? Of course with importing pages from en.Wikibooks to en.WV :-) btw: normally I love pictures, but in the process of importing not so much :-(

 * useful magic words
 * meta:Help:Magic words, Using MediaWiki Variables

edit 2011-10-21:
 * Happy Birthdays never worked in any WV
 * Wikiversity Day
 * most interaction the first time in Wikiversity Day/2008

2007 September 29 - Wikimedia Conference Netherlands 2007

 * Wikimedia Conference Netherlands 2007:
 * Did you see already the Wikimedia Conference Netherlands for 2007 with the topic: "Wiki’s en education" ?
 * Some presentations worth to see (here is the complete list):
 * Wikiversity – learning the “wiki way”
 * Wikiversity – Wikimedia’s youngest project

2007 September 26 - live meeting ?

 * live meeting:
 * I have asked if some people from German Wikiversity want to meet live - let's see.

edit 2011-10-21:
 * did never work out

2007 September 25 - Wikiversity screen saver

 * Wikiversity screen saver
 * Today was released the Wikiversity screen saver to the public (go to the English and German version). Progress is ongoing also for the French version. And especially for my favorite not yet existing channel: the Greek one I would like to see this in use - I hope we can gather more awareness with this. I am also interested how this project will evolve over time.
 * edit 2007-09-25:
 * the French version fr:Wikiversité:Économiseur d'écran is nearly fully translated. Thank you Crochet.david and Sharayanan.
 * also the versions for the Spanish and the Italian Wikiversity are finished. Still in need for translation for the Wikiversity page though. If you know someone able to translate, tell her please.

 * edit 2007-09-29:
 * The Spanish version es:Wikiversidad:Protector de pantalla is now translated. Gracias to Johann and Lupus.
 * Thanks to Fede Reghe and Senpai the Italian version is translated: it:Wikiversità:Salvaschermo.

 * edit 2007-oct-03:
 * All wikiversities have now version 0.04 of the screen saver.

edit 2011-10-21:
 * the outcome was not much, probably Wikiversity the Movie could be better?

2007 September 23 - inter wiki cooperation & collaborative testing and fixing

 * nice inter wiki cooperation - fighting v.nd.l.sm:
 * alarmed by a de.WB user me - a mainly more WV active user - searched for someone to block this v.nd.l because no de.Wb admin online. With the help of en.WV admins the stewards were located and a french steward blocked the vandal - thank you all

 * collaborative testing and fixing:
 * how could one approach of collaborative testing and fixing look like on Wikiversity ? see here. Thanks again to Robert Elliott for informing us about this anomaly.

edit 2011-10-21
 * Robert still missing?
 * I think I had in the specific de.WB action more ulterior motives, which I also felt back then, not in terms of getting a position there, but it felt ulterior

2007 September 17 - German Wikiversity Slogan

 * German Wikiversity Slogan:
 * Voters are now required for the 4th and final round (21.09.2007 to 21.10.2007) to have an account at German WV and at least 51 useful edits. Happy voting
 * edit 2007-09-19: MF-Warburg was again helpful (see also 2007-09-13): he provided a tool to check if users are eligible to vote, more info here
 * edit 2007-09-21: last round of the voting has begun - my vote goes to "lernen und lehren" (learning and teaching) - my favorites over time can be seen here

edit 2011-10-21:
 * was a nice time back then, good interactions

2007 September 16 - reactions on reponse time pics & each IRC channel has its own "thing"

 * reactions on reponse time pics
 * About the response times (which I posted yesterday) I got already responses in the French, German and English (here so far only in #wikiversity-en) Wikiversities. Merci Sharayanan for translating it into French.
 * And as asked, I will repeat this data collection again.

 * edit 2007-09-17: feedback
 * edit 2007-09-22: the text in the Spanish Wikiversity is also translated now - gracias to Johann

 * each IRC channel has its own "thing"
 * If you stay long enough in one Wikiversity channel you will realize each channel has its own habbits (what they tell or do when they have some spare time or to greet new entering members,...). This helps that the team relations get stronger. Find out yourself for each channel what it is, I won't tell, even if you torture me :-)

 * A team is:
 * a social unit with 3 or more persons,
 * whose members are recognized from the outside as such members and they see themselves as members (identity)
 * they are integrated in an organization (context)
 * and they perform together tasks through direct collaboration/team work.

2007 September 15 - difference between Wikibooks and Wikiversity ? - service quality in the Wikiversity forums ?

 * What is the difference between Wikibooks and Wikiversity ?
 * Today German Wikiversity received again feedback in how WV differentiates from WikiBooks. This is not a single case, where people not involved in WV don't see the difference to WikiBooks (e.g. 10. Aug. 2007). Not to mention how many people even do not give feedback about this problem and just think it. I hope also that after the ongoing German WV slogan voting, it will become clearer. Since the slogan voting participation is not so much as hoped, I guess this process will also come the more people join German WV.

 * Can we tell something about the service quality in the Wikiversity forums ?
 * I was interested in how fast people get a response (I mean response, not a 100% fully satisfying answer) in the forums of each WV.
 * The decision was made for this heuristic to gather fast + easy data over all wikiversities.

 * used method:
 * from each WV forum there was determined when a user posted (e.g. can be a question, announcement, ...), this user type is called from now on asker. And then there was calculated the time how fast this asker got a response - persons answering are called repliers.
 * collection time: about 1,5 months (1st August 2007, 11:14 (UTC) - 15 September 2007, 14:51 (UTC))

 * considerations:
 * Besides the user (talk) pages or the different school/topic/class pages and their talk pages the forum is regarded as the central point of each Wikiversity.
 * It is not considered if the quality of the response is good or not or how fast later on it is answered again. So far of interest is only the first contact (response). Reason: normally in the beginning askers' expectations are stamped.
 * Of course due to different countries there may be different things to consider: e.g. different vacation times, ...
 * Also depending on the time of the edit (e.g. writing after midnight and then asker would get a response the next morning perhaps)
 * and more

 * Therefore again: it was decided for this heuristic to gather fast + easy data over all wikiversities. It is sure that there is missing info about the context - so inferring things from the pictures is not useful without knowing the context. And I bet few of us have the insight to all the info needed.

 * [[Image:How fast does a user get a response in the English Wikiversity forum (7 Aug. 2007 - 15 Sep. 2007).jpg|300px|left|How fast does a user get a response in the English Wikiversity forum (7 Aug. 2007 - 15 Sep. 2007)]]
 * [[Image:How fast does a user get a response in the different Wikiversity forums collection time is (1st August 2007 to - 15 September 2007).jpg|300px|left|How fast does a user get a response in the different Wikiversity forums collection time is (1st August 2007 to - 15 September 2007)]]

 edit 2011-10-21:
 * thankfully difference discussions abouts WB + WV are over :-)
 * service quality: well, WV has less contributors than e.g. WP, any help is nice (which does not make others leave)
 * I remember from back then some reservation against this service quality, thinking perhaps not starting it would have been better
 * showed some signs of snobism by me?

2007 September 13 - importing & contacting users again & #wikiversity-el bot unilinky

 * Import of pages:
 * I imported old Wikiversity pages from Wikibooks to here. This can end in much work, depending on the content (content check, link check, import files,...). I really hug from now on everybody who imports pages and not to forget the people importing in the past. BTW: the imported things were: School:Very Small Information Systems, The Great War and Versailles, School:Military Studies.

 * Contacting users again in the hope they come back:
 * Before deleting any pages it can be valuable to write the authors again. If you see there is no contribution since long time, write also an email. As you can see 2 out of 3 users reacted and one person is hopefully continuing participation in Wikiversity. Examples:,.

 * #wikiversity-el got its own bot unilinky:
 * Today #wikiversity-el got its own bot unilinky (thx to MF-Warburg). Well, slowly this new IRC channel comes close to the features of the other WV channels. Also we had a new record: 6 persons were in the channel.

2007 September 12 - IRC cloak & Greek Wikiversity

 * IRC cloak:
 * I am recommending everybody I met so far to get an IRC cloak. I got mine in 2 days. If you don't have one, get one.

 * Greek Wikiversity:
 * had just a nice long chat in the Greek WV channel. Topics: the new pic of the el.WV (momentary draft7 here). And longer chat about WV in general in comparison to normal research journals where article get published (OR NOT :-)). And about human greed.
 * While testing something with a Greek Wikiversity friend I set up my Greek Wikipedia account. And of course I got a very fast welcome message :-)
 * Greek Wikiversity proposal has also now my vote.

edit 2011-10-21:
 * cloak is not that important anymore
 * people can see my IP, I can also tell 'em if they want
 * I recommend helping in other WVs
 * it helps to get a broaden vision
 * learning by teaching

2007 September 11 - Uighur Wikipedia + administrator voting

 * Uighur Wikipedia + administrator voting:
 * I was asked to vote for the candidates for administrator at the Uighur Wikipedia. I have added some comments to all 3 candidates and also requested some mentorship and minimum requirements for the new admin. They have so far no admin at all :-(

edit 2011-10-21:
 * I think I had 1 to 3 more encounters in that category
 * mostly it was about fighting, what do those guys think now after 3 years?

2007 September 10 - my image of Wikiversity

 * my image of Wikiversity:
 * At the moment the German Wikiversity is searching for a slogan. I wanted to list what my favorites were so far over time (please remember that some of them could not continue for the next round, when there were not enough votes). But I hope this gives an overview of what I think of Wikiversity. Also I am curious what I will think when rereading this in the future. You know, with every day you get new emotions, ideas, ...

preferred slogans over time:
 * {| class="prettytable"

!date !German !English
 * May 18th, 2007
 * lernen, handeln, lehren
 * learning, acting, teaching
 * Es gibt noch viel zu lernen!
 * There is still much to learn!
 * Wikiversity die freie Lernplattform (nach Wikipedia Die freie Enzyklopädie)
 * Wikiversity the free platform for learning
 * Aug. 2nd, 2007
 * lebenslang? ja, lernen!
 * lifelong? yes, learning!
 * Was willst du wissen?
 * What do you want to know?
 * Sometimes questions are more important than answers
 * Sometimes questions are more important than answers
 * Gemeinsam Wissen schaffen
 * creating knowledge together
 * Man kann einen Menschen nichts lehren, man kann ihm nur helfen, es in sich selbst zu entdecken.
 * You can not teach a human, you can only help him, to find it in himself.
 * Aug. 15th, 2007
 * Was willst du wissen?
 * What do you want to know?
 * Lehren und Lernen (bzw. Lernen und Lehren)
 * teaching and learning (or learning and teaching)
 * Wikiversity - Gemeinsam Lernen, Lehren, Forschen
 * Wikiversity - together learning, teaching, exploring
 * Sept. 10th, 2007
 * Lernen und Lehren
 * learning and teaching
 * Bildung für alle
 * education for everybody
 * Was willst du wissen?
 * What do you want to know?
 * }
 * Aug. 15th, 2007
 * Was willst du wissen?
 * What do you want to know?
 * Lehren und Lernen (bzw. Lernen und Lehren)
 * teaching and learning (or learning and teaching)
 * Wikiversity - Gemeinsam Lernen, Lehren, Forschen
 * Wikiversity - together learning, teaching, exploring
 * Sept. 10th, 2007
 * Lernen und Lehren
 * learning and teaching
 * Bildung für alle
 * education for everybody
 * Was willst du wissen?
 * What do you want to know?
 * }
 * Bildung für alle
 * education for everybody
 * Was willst du wissen?
 * What do you want to know?
 * }
 * Was willst du wissen?
 * What do you want to know?
 * }
 * }

edit 2011-10-21:
 * strangely reading none of them gave the thrill from back then
 * I guess I'd focus on a term which focusses more on the individual learning part
 * because even for brick + mortar learning this is important
 * thought later was this

2007 September 08 - nice chats

 * nice start of day:
 * I got warm welcomes this morning in #wikiversity-fr, #wikiversity-el and #wikiversity-it - that is a great way to start the day. Well, since I only know a few sentences in Greek and less in Italian, this limits it to English in these channels. But in the French channel I have the opportunity to increase my French skills again. Merci a #wikiversity-fr !

2007 September 07 - audio conference & Where would you like to see Wikiversity in 6 months? & #wikiversity-el & #wikiversity-fr

 * audio conference:
 * Today I met two other custodians in an audio conference. I knew already one of the attendees voice from the Wiki editing tutorial on youtube.
 * But it makes much more fun, when you also get responses :-) The IAX client software MozPhone is another tool which lets you catch much better the atmosphere of Wikiversity.
 * Feedback about used technology: I had no technical setup problems with MozPhone. Also the audio quality seemed fine for me. Though for one participant there was a round trip delay.

 * I was asked "Where would you like to see Wikiversity in 6 months?":
 * (12:11:37)fast answer without thinking much: somewhere without v.nd.ls
 * (12:11:44)longer thinking will come now
 * (12:11:49)what do you think btw ? (note: I did not omit the answer, the person was just not available)
 * (12:13:29)only with word-of-mouth recommendation Wikiversity will grow
 * (12:13:46)so one way could be: using the forces with 100% to these target groups (teachers and their classes) could help WV
 * (12:14:15)so the answer would be: I would like to see more WV activities with mentoring teachers and their students. Everyone can do this actually, but we custodians - due to our experiences - have a great advantage, we can guide people better.
 * (12:14:15)so the answer would be: I would like to see more WV activities with mentoring teachers and their students. Everyone can do this actually, but we custodians - due to our experiences - have a great advantage, we can guide people better.

 * Addition later: of course there are other projects which are not generated from "old-style" school/universities like Bloom Clock. In general we should help everyone, but we are only few and the day just has 24 hours. To use an analogy: flowers need to be cared for intensively, so they will shine and attract the bees :-) And while scanning Wikiversity in daily routine we can filter the flowers which need attention.

 * The birth of a new Wikiversity channel - #wikiversity-el:
 * Today you missed the birth of the new Greek Wikiversity channel: #wikiversity-el
 * There is also a proposal ongoing to create a Wikiversity in Greek language. Until then you can have a peak here for the Greek Wikiversity main page.

 * In case you wonder how long it takes to set up an IRC Wikiversity channel: it is 1,5 minutes :-)
 * at #wikiversity
 * (17:15:09) alternatively I wonder how we could create an el channel
 * (17:16:11)you just type in: /j #wikiversity-el
 * (17:16:13) not so difficult I think
 * (17:16:25) but I have no experiance with this
 * (17:16:30) maybe that's worth it... let me see.
 * (17:17:41) so, person3, did you get that? join the #wikiversity-el channel.
 * (17:18:39) ok

 * at #wikiversity-el
 * (17:16:39)- You are now in #wikiversity-el
 * (17:16:40)- person1 joined
 * (17:16:44)hello
 * (17:16:47) Geia sas
 * (17:16:51)oh no :-)
 * (17:17:08) Γεια, και τώρα περιμένουμε τον τρίτο... :-)
 * (17:17:08)I will just stay as observer here - see you
 * (17:17:16)- person2 has set the topic: The greek IRC channel
 * (17:17:56)- person3 joined

 * the friendly #wikiversity-fr people:
 * I must say the French are very nice people. Though they did not know me, they welcomed me friendly.
 * And since my French language skills are not as good as my English, they did not mind to talk in English.
 * Merci Sharayanan, ZeqL, Karl1263, dcrochet

edit 2011-20-21:
 * strangely I use audio less lately
 * el.WV chat very empty
 * still true: fr.WV people friendly, but also other WV people :-)
 * see also Brick and mortar collaboration at beta

2007 September 06 - IRC part2

 * IRC is great:
 * I like IRC, doesn't matter when you come online, always somebody around. This makes all wiki projects much more vivid. I thought I knew WV, but with IRC you get much more to know - how things REALLY work. As JWSchmidt said, people new to WV should use IRC more. One goal is now to get peoples attention to it.

2007 September 03 - IRC & en.WV

 * use IRC as much as you can:
 * I am using IRC as communication medium very often when communicating with Wikiversity participants (e.g. with JWSchmidt - my custodian mentor). I think without this, it would be harder to get to know e.g. the atmosphere of English Wikiversity. Though :I am already custodian at German Wikiversity, there are great differences in both WVs.

 * about different timezones:
 * I have also noticed, that the different timezones of the custodians can be also an advantage. While some custodians get their earned sleep, the others are able to continue (helping new members, ...). :So we can offer nearly a 24h service. Remember we all do this because we believe in the wiki system - not for money.

 * There is definitely more happening in English WV (e.g. see some statistics until today - 2007 September 3rd):

edit 2011-10-21: after 3 years...
 * still valid that people should use chats
 * differences between de.WV + en.WV (more open)


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Topic talk:Critical pedagogy

copyright
Hi, the first part is a 99% copy from Wikipedia`s article Critical pedagogy:

''Critical pedagogy is a teaching approach which attempts to help students question and challenge domination, and the beliefs and practices that dominate. In other words, it is a theory and practice of helping students achieve critical consciousness. Critical pedagogic educator Ira Shor defines critical pedagogy as''

''Habits of thought, reading, writing, and speaking which go beneath surface meaning, first impressions, dominant myths, official pronouncements, traditional cliches, received wisdom, and mere opinions, to understand the deep meaning, root causes, social context, ideology, and personal consequences of any action, event, object, process, organization, experience, text, subject matter, policy, mass media, or discourse. (Empowering Education, 129)''

In this tradition the teacher works to lead students to question ideologies and practices considered oppressive (including those at school), and encourage liberatory collective and individual responses to the actual conditions of their own lives.

Could there please be done at least some rearranging of the sentences or Wikipedia as source should be mentioned. Erkan Yilmaz ( evaluate me!, discussion ) 15:30, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

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User:Devishetty

== Deviprasad Shetty ==

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and communications.

title: User:Devishetty


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Art History/Reflections/Kristen

September 1st,2007

I have just started my project and have found that one artist has persisted in catching my attentions. I'm starting to really put my ideas together and I am pretty sure that I already have the piece I want to select for my museum. I'm kind of excited for my selection because so far, no one has picked my artist to present. We'll see what happens :).

September 6th,2007

I'm starting up my project and I'm really rearing to get going and do better on this one. Hopefully, after really going through Mr. Serra's works I can find a way to bridge a connection and get some kind of link across.

September 12th,2007

Well we've had some really heated discussions about Richard Serra and his pieces and I must admit I am finally starting to see where he's coming from. I was really skeptical at first because I really am opposed to seeing some things like modern art as art. But I can see the connection through his work, and it makes me want to know what he's trying to get through to the viewer. A sense of fear or one of secure comfort when you walk through and experience them? What is he really trying to say?

September 14th,2007

I'm starting to like the way that my review is coming together. I want to really expose my thoughts of what I captured in my last reflection through the review and see if anyone else thought of this the same way I did. There's still a few things I need to tweak (grammer, run on sentences, etc.) but I'll be sure to work on that when I get home. Right now it's the idea that counts ^_^.

September 17th,2007

I thought the review today was good, but maybe I liked the other article more simply because it was not a review. To me it seemed to be a bit more of creative writing and storytelling then an honest work. I think that my review of the work barely straddles the line toward the story.

September 21st,2007

The first podcast I listened to was Episode VIII with the poet and teacher Thadiwe Shiphrah. She spoke about using the dictionary and her body to communicate what she was listening to into poems. When she writes for a performance, she hopes to create a certain sound and melody. She also relies heavily on the musical properties of language. On Lbysn I listened to Episode 20 "DVD Review Show" a podcast review of films that were on DVD that they reviewed themselves. It was funny, and it makes me wonder how the podcast will be with Mr. Anderson.

September 24th,2007

Mr. Anderson was a very good speaker and I appreciated what he did for our class. I didn't understand some of his views though, and those are more political. Mainly that had to do with me not knowing what he was talking about, so I'll definately have to research. The crazy thing was though, his ability to really go in depth with the questions and give us a deeper meaning even if he did so unintentionally.

September 28th,2007

I think I liked this day a lot better, because I wasn't as shy and I got to ask a lot more questions. Even though I had to speak up a bit (I always do...) I still was able to talk directly to him. That, I think, was good. I liked looking at the art gallery yesterday, and seeing some of the photos that I'd never seen before.

October 10th,2007

What a day we had today. I was feeling really frustrated because I was sure that Elizabeth and I had such a great symbol for our project and it just got blown out of the water because of stupid Art store not functioning on the computer. To look for things referring to immortality and mortality, well I guess you'd have to start using synonymous to both of the words. I chose the topic because there is such a defining line between the two topics and I want that to be evident in our museum. That isn't too much to ask is it?

October 11th,2007

I was happy I got to present my extra thing on Venus today! I thought it was a really good thing to bring up since I know lots of people had seen it before. If we can find something like that, can't we find more things on our theme? I personally am NOT abandoning it!

October 25th,2007

That presentation was very disturbing. The birds thing freaked me out so much, how can anyone do that to little birds even if they are dead? I suppose that some of it wasn't so bad, the lace house thing was really cool. I just kinda feel like the information was imposed upon us really fast and I didn't have a clue what was going on...*Shrug* I'm pretty happy with our project so far though.

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User:Wikimina~enwikiversity

Human and Computer Interaction
On HCI research, we focus on Human Factors, the design process,UI critics, Psychological Aspects, immersive environments, aesthetics and cognition, psychophysical, classic design and concepts, and each testing and validation, etc.

Topics of projects
Topic 1 - Human Factors Face to Face

Topic 2 - Interface vs. Functionality

Topic 3 - Analysis of Webpage

Topic 4 - Affordance and Mapping

Extra Discussion
Off-topic:

During the discussion about interfaces I remembered a German comedian dealing with this issue in one of his songs. If you understand some German you can read the lyrics here (sorry, I haven't found the English lyrics yet).

History of the first Mac.

I saw a very interesting documentation about industrial design. One example was the first Mac, because it has a very special one. The screen and the "computer" should imitate a "human face" or "an astronaut in the space suit", according to an interview with Hartmut Esslinger, the designer. He intended to give the uncommon thing a familiar appearance, so that users don't hesitate to use it.

Interesting Reading http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~jacob/papers/uist07.poster.pdf

Co-editors' pages
Justin Haight; Lynden Jones; Emil Pohlig; Kenneth Williams

Ramesh Pinnamaneni; Caitlin Ownby; David Tanner; ByongWu Chong

Steve Blatnick; Justin Faust; Shawn Hall; Krunal Shah

Zhuo Yang; Florian Flatow; Kannan U V; Steve

Brad Loos; Jeremy Long; Ryan Taylor; Zach Gildersleeve

Nic Campbell; Brian Young; Sam Baird; Jason Scott

Chang liu; Erik Niklason; Jihoon Yoo; Spencer Burgoyne

Daxton Self; Kurt Stauffer; Thomas Elmer; Hanieh Mirzaee

Vanessa Ruiz; Tim Manwill; Jason Briggs; Rich Riesenfeld

Chris Lish; Sunny Trinh; Grant Watts; Josh Mckee; Chris Lish

Brandon Christensen; Brandon Lake; Mike Bond

Brady Larson;

Other resources
Class homepage

Class syllabus

Wiki definition of HCI

daily science

HCI Sites

Locomotion Interface at U Utah

CMU HCI Institute

Design of Everyday Things. Donald A. Norman Basic Books (Perseus), 2002.

Designing the User Interface : Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, 4th Ed. Ben Shneiderman and Catherine Plaisant Addison-Wesley, 2004.

Managed by
Term: Fall 2007 at University of Utah

Instructor: Rich Riesenfeld

TA: Mina Jeong

Class Times:

Section 1: MWF 9:40 – 10:30 AM in WEB 1248

Section 2: MWF 10:45 – 11:35 AM in WEB 1248

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User talk:Wikimina~enwikiversity

Hello Wikimina, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. When leaving comments for others to read, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone keep track of who is writing messages. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To help you get started:
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Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
Hi, I have read on this and some other user pages that there is a preparation ongoing for a class with content "Human Computer Interaction (HCI)". This is so far listed at Wikiversity:School and university projects. If the title of this course changes, would be nice to change it there. Also it might help to look at the section Overview there. See you hopefully soon, Erkan Yilmaz ( evaluate me!, discussion ) 07:58, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

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Newton’s laws and their applications

In physics Newton's three laws of motion are the basis of kinematics, the subject of this course. All three laws are detailed on this page. See also: Motion - Dynamics

Newton's Laws of Motion
Newtons law describes the body's motion in terms of physics. It has been widely accepted by the science community for the past 10 centuries, in total there were three laws that affect the laws of motion.

Newton's First Law
His first law of motion is called the law of inertia, his law is; "Every body continues its state of rest or uniform motion until an external unbalanced force acts on it" ."" If a body is moving ,it will continue to move with the same speed in the same direction unless a force is applied on it" Newton put the above observation in the form of a law which is called the Newton's first law of motion.And the resultant force must be zero.

Newtons Second Law
His second law is more notably named as the law of acceleration. His law is;

"The rate of change of momentum of an object is directly proportional to the resultant force acting on the body and is in the same direction."

This law means that the force of the object moving will be equal to the opposing force such as air resistance. Mathematically, Newton's second law is stated as:

$$\overrightarrow{\mathbf{F}} = \frac{d\overrightarrow{\mathbf{p}}}{dt} $$

where F is the total force, p is the momentum, and t is the time passed. In classical physics, where the object's mass is constant, this equation becomes a more familiar form:

$$\overrightarrow{\mathbf{F}} = \frac{d\overrightarrow{\mathbf{p}}}{dt} = \frac{dm\overrightarrow{\mathbf{v}}}{dt} = m\frac{d\overrightarrow{\mathbf{v}}}{dt} = m\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}$$

where m is the object's mass and a is the acceleration of the object. Example

A skydiver jumps from a plane and accelerates until he reaches the highest velocity possible, when this happens his acceleration is equal to nothing, this happens when air resistance is equal to the downward force of the skydiver.

Newton's Third Law of motion
Newton's third and final law is the law of Interaction in which he Doubted;

"All forces occur in pairs, and these two forces are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction." It can be said that "every action has an opposite and equivalent reaction"
 * Examples
 * 1) When we push a wall, it creates an opposite amount of force, thus, either we move or does the wall move.

This in simple terms is that to every action force there is an equal, but still the same, reaction force. For example if one presses on a wall a equal and same force is pushed back at them.

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User talk:Mickyfitz13

Hello Mickyfitz13, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. When leaving comments for others to read, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone keep track of who is writing messages. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To help you get started:
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P.S. Have fun with physics !

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 * To see what is in your userspace click here

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User:Pinnaman

Ramesh Pinnamaneni @ Wiki

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User:Tmanwill~enwikiversity

This account was created for the usage of this page (and was mandatory for all students in CS 5540 at the University of Utah.)

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User:Daxself~enwikiversity

My name is Daxton Self, im a CS senior at the U. Im interesting in HCI because I see how it can improve software everyday at work.

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User talk:Tmanwill~enwikiversity

Wewt. -Gretyl 22:36, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Indeed -Tmanwill 16:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:JeremyP

Welcome
Greetings from Germany to Canada Jeremy. I have added your signature here. More info below.

Hello JeremyP, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. When leaving comments for others to read, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone keep track of who is writing messages. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To help you get started:
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User:Jeremylong0

Hello, World!

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User:Cormaggio/ALT-C

Resources I will be using for my demonstration about Wikiversity at ALT-C 2007.

 * Introduction (Basic edit tutorial)
 * Welcome, newcomers (Detailed FAQ)
 * Help:Contents (Help)
 * Examples of educational resources:
 * Filmmaking
 * One Laptop Per Teacher
 * Topic:Instructional Design
 * Colloquium (Community discussion)
 * Help:Quiz (Quiz extension)
 * Bloom Clock
 * Supporting Wikiversity participants
 * http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikiversity/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm
 * Special:Statistics

The demonstration will use some slides as backup, and was also developed alongside a poster for the same conference.

Slides:

Poster: - Click image link for bigger, printable version (A2)

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User:Chang.liu

I love soccer.

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User:Wilkenlee

This is my new page for HCI. Hopefully this simple interface is user friendly!

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User talk:Chang.liu

Hello Chang.liu,

I love also soccer :-) Below you will find some more info about Wikiversity. Have fun here !

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User:Dtforcep5

My name is Jason Scott, and this is my page for CS 6540- Human/Computer Interfaces. I am a senior at the University of Utah, and am in the BS/MS program in Computer Science

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User:Jawbrog~enwikiversity

My name is Jason Briggs. I am majoring in Computer Science. I am going to apply for the masters track with a specialization in graphics and visualization next semester. I enjoy water parks like Raging Waters and I some day I will go to a huge water park like Noah's Ark. I speak Portuguese and enjoy jumping off of bridges into water.

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User:Steve b

Hello. Steve here.

This page is for a class about Human Computer Interaction (HCI).

In order to study HCI, we of course need to study interfaces on computers, but also we should study other interactions to understand interface better, such as how someone interfaces with other people and the things around them.

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text: File:ALTCpresentation CormacLawler.pdf

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Service-oriented architecture

Knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) will prepare students to work in the real world. Most companies are looking into transforming their architecture to an SOA based architecture these days in order to be able to handle changes in the business without much impact to investements. SOA offers a way to integrate unlike hardware and software ecosystem enabling them to interact across platforms, technology and geography in a standard way. There are also open source projects that provide SOA solutions, for example Apache Tuscany at http://incubator.apache.org/tuscany/. There is plenty of room to innovate and learn in this space to get students ready for the real world.

Resources

 * Service-oriented architecture
 * Search for Service-oriented architecture at Wikiversity

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User talk:Haleh

Hello Haleh,

great that you found your way to Wikiversity and the Computer Science topics. I have added some things here. See you around. Below you will found more info.

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User talk:Wilkenlee

Hello Wilkenlee, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. When leaving comments for others to read, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone keep track of who is writing messages. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To help you get started:
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User talk:Dtforcep5

Hello Dtforcep5, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. When leaving comments for others to read, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone keep track of who is writing messages. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To help you get started:
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User talk:Jawbrog~enwikiversity

Hello Jason,

perhaps you can find here info which interests you School:Computer science or Topic:Portuguese. Below you will find more info.

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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Jawbrog. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Jawbrog~enwikiversity that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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User talk:Steve b

Hello Steve,

I liked the interactions comment on your user page, so let me be the first to interact with you. :-)

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User talk:LyndenJones

Hello LyndenJones, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. When leaving comments for others to read, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone keep track of who is writing messages. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To help you get started:
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User talk:Crazedandinfused

Hello Crazedandinfused, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. When leaving comments for others to read, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone keep track of who is writing messages. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To help you get started:
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Have fun with our Archaeology courses.

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User talk:Jeremylong0

Hello Jeremy,

since you greet the world, I will reply to you :-)

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User talk:Galileogalilei

Hello,

since you might be new to Wikiversity, I guess you did not yet read Username ?

Please "try to choose a neutral username with which you'll be happy, and which will not cause offence or unnecessary confusion." Erkan Yilmaz ( evaluate me!, discussion ) 10:29, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. When leaving comments for others to read, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone keep track of who is writing messages. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To help you get started:
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Modelling Wikiversity through Activity Theory

This page is about modeling Wikiversity through Activity Theory

Example model 1

SUBJECT: Wikiversity participants

OBJECT: Learning materials

MEDIATING ARTIFACTS: Wiki

RULES: Policies & guidelines in Wikiversity (and, to an extent, Wikimedia)

COMMUNITY: Wikimedia (projects + ‘organisation’), bloggers, OER projects, etc.

DIVISION OF LABOUR: Open and distributed (?), organised by “schools”, subject disciplines (?)

OUTCOME: Learning experiences

Questions • Where are the barriers to technology in this model? • Where is identity? • Where are theories of learning, and learning material production?

Example model 2

SUBJECT: Wikiversity participants

OBJECT: Wiki

MEDIATING ARTIFACTS: Theories/principles of educational and informational web design

RULES: ?

COMMUNITY: Designers, Wikimedia (as above), bloggers, OER projects…

DIVISION OF LABOUR: Open and distributed (?), organised by “taskforces”

OUTCOME: Increased participation

Questions What are the rules in this model? Is it theories of participation (and hence identity, access, etc.)?

Cormac Lawler; Friday, 25th May, 2007