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Getting to know pathogens

Welcome to Getting to know pathogens. This is an introduction to basic concepts related to disease-causing micro-organisms.

Chapter readings are from "Medical Microbiology" by P. R. Murray, K. S. Rosenthal, G. S. Kobayashi and M. A. Pfaller (4th Edition) Mosby Inc. 2002	 ISBN 0323012132. You can probably find used copies for a low price.

Another option is "Medical Microbiology" (Samuel Baron, editor) which is available online (free) or as a CD-ROM] ($10).

Host-microbe interactions
The interaction of humans with disease-causing bacteria is often thought of in terms of a host-invader interaction. However, there are many types of human-microbe interactions, so we need a more complex understanding of micro-organisms and their roles in normal human health and disease processes. It is useful to think in evolutionary terms. The various types of human-microbe interactions are the result of hundreds of millions of years of interactions between animals and micro-organisms. There are 3 main types of pathogen: bacteria, viruses and fungi. Not all bacteria and fungi are pathogens - pathogens are microbes that cause disease.

Host Susceptibility

 * Reading (Chapter 1)

Strict pathogens
Some (relatively few) microbes can infect essentially all human hosts who are exposed to the particular microbe AND cause essentially the same sort of infection and disease symptoms in every infected person. “Strict pathogens”

 * examples: Treponema pallidum (syphilis); HIV (AIDS); Plasmodium vivax (malaria)

Discussion.
 * 1) What percent of people who are infected with Treponema pallidum show symptoms of syphilis?
 * 2) Does HIV infection always cause AIDS?
 * 3) How does genetic background influence the incidence and severity malaria?

Opportunistic pathogens
Most microbes are more efficient at infecting some people than others and many microbes can cause several different types of disease depending on the type of infection (for example, depending on the site of infection) and variations in host-microbe interactions. “Opportunistic pathogens”
 * example, Escherichia coli
 * Discussion. Escherichia coli is a very common type of bacteria that normally lives in close contact with humans. Under what special circumstances can Escherichia coli cause human disease?

Human variability
We often speak of "the human body" and "human-microbe interactions" but it is wrong to think that all people have similar interactions with micro-organisms. It is important to keep in mind the full spectrum of human variability.

Sources of variation in host susceptibility to microbes:
 * variation in nutritional status,
 * variation in levels of stress and circulating stress hormones,
 * variation in genes that confer resistance to microbes,
 * variations in somatic cell mutations involved in immune system function,
 * physical damage to tissues can open tissue barriers that normally limit microbial infections.
 * Behavioral differences. Some behaviors promote health and avoid pathogens, other behaviors damage defenses and bring people into contact with pathogenic microbes.
 * Example: intravenous drug use allows exposure to disease-causing microbes.

General Properties of Infections

 * Reading (Chapter 9)

normal microflora
Many microbial infections are called “endogenous infections” because they are caused by microbes that normally are found on the surface of human hosts.

Each surface of the body has its own population of typical microbes. Often, these are protective against harmful microbes.
 * Types of colonization-
 * not harmful:
 * Transient colonization.
 * Permanent colonization.

 * harmful, disease causing:
 * damage to the host by the microbe
 * disruption of normal host tissue functions due to immune system response to an otherwise harmless microbe.

example: Lactobacillus species are generally harmless GI tract microbes. Some antibiotics reach high levels in the GI tract and can greatly reduce or eliminate the normal gut microbes. Opportunistic disease-causing organisms such as Clostridium difficle can then proliferate and cause disease.

Discussion Topic Prospects for maintaining normal (protective) microbial flora. Example: Aspergillosis is caused by a fungus (Aspergillus), which is found commonly growing on dead leaves, stored grain, compost piles, or other decaying vegetation. Healthy humans are not susceptible to Aspergillus. Those at risk for Aspergillosis include immunosuppressed people such as organ transplant recipients, people being treated for cancer, and AIDS patients Aspergillus can also cause illness by colonization and growth in a lung cavity that was damaged by previous disease such as tuberculosis. When growing in the lung it produces a fungus ball called aspergilloma. The lung colonization can also progress to clinical pneumonia and invasive infection that is spread to other parts of the body by the blood stream (Pulmonary aspergillosis; invasive type).
 * a. Diet.
 * b. Replacement of bacteria after exposure to antibiotics.

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Josh Wright: 19th October 2006 10:24 EAST.

One day, the whole world will die from virus's. The only help, people who study them, and know how to treat, a research antivaccines to cure them. I think that we need to put more effort into researching virus's, and pathogens, and then we will one day be able to save the world from complete death.

 * Are viruses all bad? Much of the genetic difference between humans and chimps has come about by way of insertions and deletions. A significant portion of human genetic change is due to the large amount of virus-derived sequence in the human genome (see). In addition to playing an important role in the rate of evolution of existing species, some hypotheses suggest that viruses played a fundamental role in the origin of cellular life as we know it; see: Three RNA cells for ribosomal lineages and three DNA viruses to replicate their genomes: A hypothesis for the origin of cellular domain by Patrick Forterre. --JWSchmidt 12:57, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

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Hedonic modelling

Hedonic modelling
Related phrases: hedonic pricing approach, hedonic tone, hedonic model, hedonic modeling, hedonic scale, hedonic calculus, hedonic demand theory, hedonic regression, hedonic pricing, "Measure the pleasure"

For more contenders for the million dollar view, see []

Definition of Hedonic
Relating to like or dislike. See also hedonics and Hedonic motivation

Background
This was a page for collaborative original research on the use of hedonic models for estimating the value of a view from a building. This was planning for work in progress in 2007, published in 2008 and 2009. Two papers on the value of a (sea and veld) view were presented. The primary author was based at the School of Construction Economics and Management at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Viewpoint
The authors believe that hedonic modelling is a useful tool in assessing the value of buildings where view is an asset. This includes hotels, apartment blocks (flats), residential homes. Data on property transactions and selling points must be readily available, making this the least expensive and least complicated approach.

Preproposal planning
Beginning of a research proposal for co-authored work.

Research Question
What is the value of a view? Alternatively: What is a view worth? +/-ve

Dependent variable
Property price (ideally deeds office); rental / purchase price

Independent variables that might be available
Adjacent property prices, plot size zoned, number of bedrooms, floor area of rooms, number of bathrooms, degrees of seaview, lakes, wetlands, forest, scrub, open fields/space, parks, city scapes; water pollution, air pollution, farmland flies, car and aeroplane noise levels, mine dumps, slime dams, power lines, cellphone towers etc.

Confounding variables
Inflation of property prices, noise, access to transport and amenities, snob value, etc.

Key words
Hedonic regression modelling, property purchase prices

Importance of study
Aid to property valuation; Model can be used to reduce visual impact of new developments; Model can be used recursively by developers to optimize returns on multi-unit developments or estimate for planning and decision-making the potential impacts of construction projects.

Method

 * 1) Capture valuations.
 * 2) Multiple Linear Regression Analysis

Reading List

 * [http://www.harc.edu/Projects/Nature/Projects/Methods Valuing Nature in

Texas]

Method] Ecosystem Valuation Section 3
 * [http://www.ecosystemvaluation.org/hedonic_pricing.htm Hedonic Pricing

What’s in a View?] Steven C. Bourassa, Martin Hoesli, and Jian Sun
 * [http://www.hec.unige.ch/recherches_publications/cahiers/2003/2003.13.pdf

The Effect of Environmental Amenities on House Values] by Quentin Gillard in The Professional Geographer (1981) vol. 33 p. 216
 * [http://www.doi.org/10.1111/j.0033-0124.1981.00216.x

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Talk: Hedonic modelling
This page is the behind-the-scenes page for discussion on the article Hedonic modelling --Ian Kennedy 07:15, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Reading

 * Valuing Nature in Texas

 * Hedonic Pricing Method Ecosystem Valuation Section 3

 * What’s in a View? Steven C. Bourassa, Martin Hoesli, and Jian Sun

 * The Effect of Environmental Amenities on House Values by Quentin Gillard in The Professional Geographer (1981) vol. 33 p. 216

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Islam

Islam, a name given by Allah to this religion (Quran 5:4), is an Arabic word which literally means 'submission to God'. So, 'Islam' would mean the path of those who are obedient to Allah (God). The word Muslim means 'one who submits to God'.

According to Islamic belief, Islam is not a new religion. It is, in essence, the same message and guidance which Allah revealed to all prophets before Muhammad. Allah says in the Qur’an:

"Say, We believe in Allah (God) and that which has been revealed to us, and that which was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and in that which was given to Moses and Jesus and other Prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them and to Him we submit." (Qur’an 3:85)

Islam (Arabic: الإسلام; al-'islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion. It is the second-largest religion in the world today, with an estimated 1.8 billion adherents, and as well as the fastest growing religion in the world. Linguistically, Islam means "submission to God", referring to the total surrender of one's self to God (Arabic: الله, Allāh), and a Muslim is "one who submits to God".

Muslims believe that God revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad while he existed, and that Muhammad is God's final prophet. The Qur'an and the traditions of Muhammad in the Sunnah are regarded as the fundamental sources of Islam. Muslims do not regard Muhammad as the founder of a new religion but as the restorer of the original monotheistic faith of Adam, Abraham, Jesus and other prophets whose messages had become corrupted over time (or according to some authorities only misinterpreted).

Islam is not only a faith, but also a way of life. Being the faith of a quarter of humanity, one can find a diversity of cultures, peoples who adhere to Islam, and the areas they inhabit, all of which make Islam a global culture. Today, Muslims may be found throughout the world! Some of the most populous majority-Muslim countries are in South and Southeast Asia. Other concentrations are found in Central Asia. Only about 20 percent of Muslims originate from Arab countries. Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity in many European countries, such as France, which has the largest Muslim population in Western Europe, and the United Kingdom.

"There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger". Whoever believes in this statement and declares it openly is a Muslim. Islam, with its literal meaning of submission to God, is the message Muslims believe God has given to mankind from the first day of creation. Allah, the Creator, has sent prophets in all ages starting from Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus until Muhammad. Muslims believe that all prophets carry the same message of the oneness of God. Abraham, Moses, Jesus are prophets of Allah the Almighty who carried the message from God to mankind. As Muhammad is the last prophet, Allah sent Qur'an down to him, and its teachings constitute the true ruling of Allah for mankind until the end of the world.

Islam

 * /Course Outline/
 * /Introduction/
 * /5 Pillars/
 * /Muslims/
 * /Muhammad/
 * /Qur'an/
 * /Hadith/
 * /Sunni Islam/
 * /Sufism and Islamic Mysticism/
 * Salafism/Wahhabism
 * Names of Allah
 * /Praying/

Contemporary Muslim Cultures

 * Introduction to Muslim Cultures
 * Iran
 * Pakistan and Bangladesh
 * Saudi Arabia
 * Egypt

Departments

 * Portal:Islam
 * Islamic Studies
 * Expert Wikipedians in Islamic issues
 * Learn Arabic (Language Of Quran)

Resources

 * Islam
 * Islam
 * Book:Islam

Related studies

 * Christianity
 * Historical Introduction to Philosophy:
 * Historical Introduction to Philosophy/Faith and Reason

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Plagiarism

What is Plagiarism?
According to Kennedy (2006), "Plagiarism is the illegal practice of taking someone else's ideas, data, findings, the language, illustrative material, images, or writing, and presenting them as if they were your own." The modern concept of plagiarism as immoral and originality as an ideal emerged in Europe only in the 18th century, while in the previous centuries authors and artists were encouraged to "copy the masters as closely as possible" and avoid "unnecessary invention."

The 18th century new morals have been institutionalized and enforced prominently in the sectors of academia and journalism, where plagiarism is now considered academic dishonesty and a breach of journalistic ethics, subject to sanctions like expulsion and othere severe career damages. Not so in the arts, which have resisted in their long-established tradition of copying as a fundamental practice of the creative process, with plagiarism being still hugely tolerated by 21st century artists.

Why the Concern about Plagiarism?
Academia has been structured around the 18th century ethical ideal of originality. Student tend instead to naturally follow the long-established artistic tradition of copying as a fundamental practice of the creative process. The internet blesses today students a faster access to much material. Sadly for the structure of Academia, the joy about this fast access is tempered by knowledge that plagiarism is on the rise. The Web has increased the number of potential sources of plagiarism.

Is Plagiarism by students on the increase?
Yes. It is of grave concern for academia that plagiarism is in the increase. For example, on a large campus there is often a legal person tasked only with the handling of cases arising on the campus.

How Widespread is Student Plagiarism?
It is a global cancer for the academic structure.

How are Students Caught?
Just as students can use search engines to quickly find material to cut-and-paste without attribution, so too can lecturers use the same search engines to check sources and catch plagiarists. The ease with which the plagiarist finds information applies also to lecturers in detecting plagiarism. Student laziness in obtaining the plagiarized information results in lack of proofreading, sudden context changes, missing footnotes, false references, poor structure and out of context paragraphs, which are typical methods used in material which hides the real source.

What are the Consequences of Plagiarism in Academia?
Plagiarism is a serious offence for academia and no academic institution can turn a blind eye to it. It undermines the rights of honest pupils and students; can seriously affect the moral rights of some authors and it denigrates academic grades, degrees and even the academic institution itself. Pupils and students cannot accept their graduation diplomas or degrees honestly if they know they have plagiarized others' works. How will they perform and succeed in their future academic careers, if they have not assimilated the academic ethics themselves?

Why is Plagiarism Misconduct in Academia?
At the University of the Witwatersrand, a case of plagiarism is treated as misconduct as it: constitutes a breach of a rule of the University; and constitutes conduct that tends to bring the University or any part of it ... into contempt or disrepute; (and) interferes with the governance and proper administration of the University; (and) interferes with the conditions necessary for teaching, learning or research.

Towards an International Plagiarism Policy
We need:
 * Education at school (may take long)
 * Interventions in First Year especially during orientation week
 * Interventions before honours year and final year
 * Interventions for postgraduates.
 * See the standardised reference tariff for penalties against plagiarism http://www.plagiarismadvice.org/documents/AMBeR%20Tariffv2.pdf

How does one avoid Plagiarism?
According to Kennedy (2006), "To avoid plagiarism, reference the source and put quotation marks around all of the quoted words, or paraphrase and reference."

When you have your own work and some one else's work in the same electronic document use different colours and possibly different fonts for your work and others' work. That way you won't mix them up. Wiredmarker is a free add-on to Firefox that is of great benefit here, as it allows you to highlight, annotate and document text on the Web or locally.

Plagiarism checking software

 * Plagiarism check for intitutions developed by iParadigms
 * Plagiarism check for students developed by iParadigms
 * Free plagiarism checking tool
 * Free plagiarism checking tool for educators

 * See downloadable free guides from Ofqual (UK government regulator) created by PlagiarismAdvice.Org

Useful Websites

 * PlagiarismAdvice.Org have a website full of free resources and run the International Plagiarism Conference
 * The Learning Center is designed to help educators and students develop a better sense of what plagiarism means
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism
 * http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/CFP5.html

Plagiarism is not copyright infringement
We must not confuse plagiarism with copyright infringement. It is all too easy to plagiarize: just cut and paste (from copyright or non-copyright) material without citation and referencing.

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Talk:Plagiarism

Discussion about Plagiarism
A major problem exists with inaccessible, too-lengthy policy documents on plagiarism. They pussy-foot about the consequences, resulting in a wide variation of interpretation and punishment. Hence the need for a concise, readable document. Average students cannot find in one easily available document, an explanation of what plagiarism is, what its consequences are, how to avoid it, and what the exact plagiarism penalties will be.

 * See http://www.plagiarism.org/ for what plagiarism is. Most colleges will include an academic honesty policy in the catalog to further define the interpretation.  Enforcement depends on the individual course syllabus, which is why there are so many inconsistencies, and no one place to look for specifics.  -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 14:50, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

It seems that even when there is clarity about all the issues mentioned above and someone plagiarizes, universities do not always take appropriate action against the plagiarist. The reason for this is that the holding of a disciplinary enquiry can be very time consuming and increasing university staff believe themselves to be over committed. The result of this is that to those who want to cheat universities appear to be condoning plagiarism. Even when action is taken against plagiarists universities tent to do this in private which also does not help. The old maxim that “Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done” should apply.

 * In the United States, FERPA prevents students seeing that justice has been done to others. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 14:50, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

A Quote from the literature
General publicity and warnings. It is fundamental that students be aware of the issue of plagiarism, that penalties are being imposed in practice, and that cheating is being strictly policed. In particular, students need to be informed and able to form a critical perspective at the start of their program, and each subject should explain what plagiarism involves in that specific context. There should be student-oriented resources such as websites that explain all aspects of the issue: the historical-institutional contingency of the concept of plagiarism, what it is, why in the arts outside of academia plagiarism is highly tolerated, how to avoid it in the academia, what the consequences are in academia, and where to go if issues arise. []

Motivation
The need to inform students about plagiarism has started with the creation of this page to contain the text that is mutually agreed on.

Approach
As not all parties agree completely on what plagiarism is and how to avoid and combat it, this article will build up common beliefs, and omit any finer points of disagreement.

Limitations of article
The text is designed to fit on an A-4 sheet, folded into three, in a z-shape. Assuming that one column is lost to give space for a return slip to allow the student to acknowledge receipt and internalising of the material, leaves us with 5 columns for text. This limits us to 5 columns of 30 lines of text containing 10 words per line or a maximum of 1500 words.

House style
We use the Harvard referencing system to make additions easy.

Plagiarism and Wikiversity
As Wikiversity doesn't provide learners with accreditation we don't need to worry about plagiarism from an academic standards point of view. Anyone passing off other people's work as their own won't benefit from gaining an undeserved qualification. They might gain some undue status because of their unreferenced contributions. However they would loss all credibility once exposed.

Another problem would be the negative impact if Wikiverstiy became a source of plagiarised materials for learners at other institutions. This can be overcome by constant vigilance and investigating any materials that appear to be unauthorised essay banks.

The nature of a wiki means that all texts tend to be by multiple authors with cooperation being more important than individual contributions. A bigger problem for Wikiversity is that unreferenced material prevents other learners and collaborations from exploring important source materials and forming their own opinions of the subject and adding new content. The importance of providing fully referenced materials is stressed through out all the wikimedia projects.

I think that we should be emphasising the positive aspects of learning, such as honesty, openness and the importance of providing fully referenced materials because these enhances the learning experience of everyone and provides something positive for people to aspire to.

It might be better to help increase the profile of the importance of providing references at wikiversity via Reliable sources, Cite sources and Verifiability.Mystictim 21:28, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I have incorporated your text at the top of the article. Thanks for your contribution. --Ian Kennedy 09:53, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for the article on Plagiarism. Wikiversity is devoted to free culture and a process by which copyrights are respected and authorship is attributed but information is licensed so as to be freely copied and widely used. "Plagiarism is the illegal practice of taking someone else's ideas, data, findings, the language, illustrative material, images, or writing, and presenting them as if they were your own." <-- It is interesting that part of how Wikiversity is being created is by the legal practice of taking someone else's ideas, data, findings, the language, illustrative material, images, or writing, and presenting them in new ways of your own design. (Kennedy's emphasis) At Wikipedia this definition is offered, "Plagiarism is the practice of dishonestly claiming original authorship of material which one has not actually created". In my view, within Wikiversity we need to discuss both legal and illegal ways of using the work of others and do so within the context of a project that is devoted to a wiki culture in which building upon the work of others is encouraged. --JWSchmidt 12:07, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia and Kennedy's definitions
What Kennedy's short definition does not set out to do is to expand and state the legal way of presenting material without plagiarising. (We are not talking here about copyright infringement.) To avoid plagiarism, all that is necessary is to cite the source and then reference it in the references section. (It may still infringe copyright, because it is e.g. too extensive a quote.) The way Kennedy came up with his original definition of plagiarism was to trawl the Web for all existing definitions and then selectively use one or two words from each. This resulted in an original definition without any need to cite the sources! There are only two ways Wikipedia and Wikiversity can progress: Either cite the source (and thereby avoid plagiarism) or add value by bringing many accumulated fragments of text together, passing it through your mind to add value to it (and thereby avoid both plagiarism and copyright issues)! As Kennedy was the first person to find and use those fragments of text about plagiarism and add value to them, his definition should always be referenced correctly --even in diagrams--. He does not fully agree with Schmidt's diagram as it confuses plagiarism with copyright infringement. It is all too easy to plagiarise: just cut and paste (copyright or non-copyright) material without citation and reference.

What is needed is for the word "plagiarism" to be removed from the diagram, and for the diagram to be introduced to the (new, needed) article on copyright. Interestingly enough, there is then no need to cite where the words at the top of the diagram have come from, as it is then "an accumulation of fragments" ("Original material" + words from Kennedy's definition of plagiarism)! What Schmidt has done is to "add value". If Kennedy now wishes to use Schmidt's definition of "original material", he has to cite and reference Schmidt, even though most of the words were written by him! The key point here is that Schmidt has introduced a new idea in defining the concept of "original material".

--Ian Kennedy 11:18, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Paper
Ok, I've just been trying to categories things in like categories. Take a look at the other two in cat:papers. Did you want other people to help edit?--Rayc 16:45, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations..
..on your paper's acceptance! :-) Cormaggio beep 11:32, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Landscape icon.jpg
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The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikibooks are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this:.

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See also: Category:Wiki Scholar

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Wikiversity scholarship

Welcome to the Wikiversity Scholarship learning project.

Content summary
This project is concerned with learning resources that allow Wikiversity participants to explore all aspects of scholarly behavior within Wikiversity.

Goals
Introduce Wikiversity participants to the idea of being a wiki scholar.

Concepts to learn include: NPOV policy, citation of sources, copyright, copyleft, free culture, and scholarly ethics. This project does not emphasize research but does include an introduction to original research and research ethics. Wikiversity scholars who are interested in original research should also participate in the Research practices learning project.

Learning materials
Learning materials and learning projects are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a link to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the main namespace) and start writing!

You should also read about the Learning model. Lessons should center on learning activities for Wikiversity participants. Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple projects. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
 * Introduction to Wikiversity scholarship - participants explore the application of high standards of scholarship to Wikiversity editing.

Texts

 * __Textbook Name___

Lessons

 * PREFACE
 * Lesson 1: ...

Activities

 * Activity 1.
 * etc.

Readings
Each activity has a suggested associated background reading selection.
 * Wikipedia article: Free culture

Active participants
Active participants in this Learning Group
 * User:JWSchmidt
 * User:Executivezen
 * Cormaggio talk

Message board

 * Wiki Scholarship message board

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Introduction to Wikiversity scholarship

This Introduction to Wikiversity Scholarship allows participants to explore the application of high standards of scholarship to Wikiversity editing.

Scholarly copying

Part of how Wikiversity is being created is by the legal practice of taking someone else's images or writing and presenting them in new ways of your own design. Within Wikiversity we need to discuss both legal and illegal ways of using the work of others and do so within the context of a project that is devoted to a wiki culture in which building upon the work of others is encouraged.

Plagiarism is an illegal way of using the work of others. In most cases, plagiarism is not a matter to be treated by a law suit. Usually plagiarism has serious implications that fall outside of the formal legal system. At Wikipedia this definition of Plagiarism is offered, "Plagiarism is the practice of dishonestly claiming original authorship of material which one has not actually created". Plagiarism is usually handled outside of the legal system by social groups such as educators and journalists that take action to penalize members of the group who practice plagiarism.

Wikiversity has two policies that implicitly condemn plagiarism. The Wikiversity Policy for citation of sources requires that sources be cited. When this policy is followed it is impossible for Wikiversity participants to dishonestly claim authorship of material used within Wikiversity webpages. The Wikiversity policy on scholarly ethics excludes, "illegal, deceptive, dishonest or otherwise unethical accounts of facts or ideas".

Ethical and legal problems are avoided when Wikiversity scholars cite verifiable and reliable sources and make use of copied materials according to the requirements of their use license(s). Since even unintentional plagiarism and licensing violations are not welcome within Wikiversity, it is important for Wikiversity scholars to learn about good and bad practices for using copied materials.

Fair use
The doctrine of fair use is part of United States copyright law. Fair use allows copyrighted materials to be used without permission from the copyright holder, but only under special circumstances. Note: United States law is important because the Wikimedia Foundation is incorporated in the United States. Copyright law is explicitly designed to promote the advancement of discovery and learning. Educational institutions and anyone engaged in sharing knowledge can receive special consideration under copyright law. Limited use of copyrighted material to illustrate scholarly works or reviews is allowed if the use is for a nonprofit educational purpose. "Limited use" usually means that the copied material is not distorted except to limit its size or length or quality (resolution). For example, in discussing a copyrighted book, only short passages should be copied, passages that are explicitly discussed by a scholar or reviewer. It is also important that any "fair use" of copyrighted material not decrease the value of that material for the copyright holder. The Wikimedia Foundation has a policy that regulates the use of non-free content and "fair use" within Wikimedia wiki projects. In general, the goal is to use as little non-free or "fair use" content as possible.

See the Wikiversity Fair use learning project.

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User talk:Madhusudhan~enwikiversity

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User talk:Dhruv.dingliwal~enwikiversity

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User talk:Wimba~enwikiversity

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Confirmation
FireFox has confirmed that this account belongs to him: -- digital  _  me   18:19, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called FireFox. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name FireFox~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:Ronank~enwikiversity

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Wikiversity:Wikiversity Local Live

= Wikiversity Local Live =

Introduction
The idea of Wikiversity is akin to the Age of Enlightenment. The personal computer and fast networking has put vast power into the hands of people.

Part of the “real” University experience is camaraderie with real people, face to face.

The idea behind 'Wikiversity Local Live' is for meeting times and places to be made available for participants in safe and accepted “public” community spaces. This can be thought of as a local Wikipedia club. The benefit is camaraderie, which is one of the primary reasons students still pay a premium to go to an actual college. Wikiversity needs such an element to bring together people in the same way as a bricks and mortar university.

Think of it as a Homebrew Computer Club except for any topic of study.

For instance, meetings could occur at local public library meeting rooms, coffee shops, community centers, and perhaps actual public colleges and universities where permissible.

Part of the school experience is sharing knowledge and experiences, and friendship in person. Wikiversity Local Live adds this important element.

Where and How

 * Public Library Meeting Rooms
 * Often free for non-profit groups
 * Coffee Shops
 * Public Meeting Spaces
 * Park meeting spaces
 * Community Centers
 * Public University and College Meeting Rooms
 * Where allowable

Benefits
'Wikiversity Local Live' has many benefits. As the Age of Enlightenment created an explosion in knowledge sharing and the arts, Wikiversity shall create an even greater expansion. Many Academic endeavors require many people to collaborate in a real life setting. Musicians and actors work in groups. Physical scientists often each other during real experiments. Artists frequently work on large public projects that require groups to gather to produce the art.

Groups can be all different or all similar. It would be better to have heterogeneous groups as it would allow for the most diversity unless the meetings grew too large in which case groups could hold multiple meetings in similar locations. This permits a participant to engage in discussions with any group.

--User:Dr-now 16:10, 6 September 2006 (UTC)Dr-now

Meeting Locations, Dates, and Times Below
Below are meeting locations, dates, and times, with links to pages for groups containing information about each group. Please add your own pages. Note, only safe and public meeting spaces should be considered. This is important for large cities, however, there are many of these spaces in existence such as public library meeting rooms.

North America
Cranbrook Schools

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User:Poseidon503

Hi, yeah...

Salve!

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User:Dr-now

= Real Name: D.R. Ulm =

The great thing about Wikiversity is students do not need to reinvent the wheel. Whatever a student works on can be added to the curriculum.

I liken what is happening to the Internet to the recurrent neural network, which has properties similar to neurons in the human brain. The Internet is a massive recurrent network of pages and links, with human beings acting as the super-nodes creating and editing content and programs. This is creating a new type of consciousness or at least a new type of society. Let us make it a good one.

Wikiveristy will allow diligent students to work on projects that further the goals of the whole group. Each participant who is an active learner, can excel to whatever aspiration he/she desires.

Here is to the new days fully embracing innovation and invention. I believe if Open Source development is included in the curriculum, then the position and clout of the Wikiveristy School of Computer Science will be strong.

Let us move Wikiversity forward with this attitude as we climb, stumble, and seek.

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Open Source Degree Confirmation

Reasoning
Since Wikiversity does not grant degrees, one way the computer science student can develop a strong resume is to work on real life projects in the Open Source community. There are many open source projects that have a limited and more simplistic scope for beginners. Most open source projects provide a very welcoming environment to help you get on board and you can start by getting involved in many aspects of the project. Programming and mathematics must be mastered first and foremost. This generally can take 5-10 years of programming experience. Yet in the 1980's many witnessed high school students creating video games for the Apple II, TRS-80, and other microcomputers by their own efforts. So this premise is not at all impossible, and is surely plausible. For computer science (see: School:Computer Science ) this is easy. For other schools, similar methods can be used.

Demand
Employers want programmers and computer professionals who have danced the dance, that is, worked on "real" software and contributed for several years. In the 1980's students were being hired right out of high school due to their computer and programming expertise. These days, documented education and/or certification are necessary.

Resume and Achievements
The resume of a student can include a growing and growing list of verifiable Open Source contributions. While not accredited, with open source development sites such as http://sourceforge.net and www.apache.org will show the exact contributions of participants.

Linux Professional Institute
The Linux Professional Institute is an institute which is committed to the development of a global standard in Linux certification. Individuals and organizations wishing to be certified in the use of Linux systems can enroll in courses which meet the requirements of both IT professionals and the organizations that seek to employ people with skills and experience in using, administering and programming on open source distributions. The LPI seeks to be distribution neutral and aims to provide the highest quality resources in order to educate and certify people in the use of Linux distributions.

The LPI provides 3 levels of certification:
 * LPIC-1
 * LPIC-2
 * LPIC-3

Along with the above 3 levels of certification the LPI also provides a certification in partnership with NOVELL: Novell Certificate of Linux Administration

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User:GreaterCore

Currently a Computational Science major with concentration in Physics.

Loves to spend time slacking in front of a computer when not programming.

Topics of interests include:
 * Wave equations
 * Monte Carlo methods
 * Producing nice looking graphs of all sorts.

Let's see some content added to this, please!

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Aquaculture/Mariculture

Welcome to the Aquaculture Learning Project.

Content summary
Project participants develop course interdisciplinary course materials, improve wikimedia coverage of aquaculture, as well as conducting secondary (and where possible) primary research into economic, political, social and scientific aspects of aquaculture.

Goals
This learning project offers learnings activities that allow Wikiversity participants to learn the science behind aquaculture and develop knowledge and effectiveness of aquaculture "on the job" by participating in developing wikiversity (and other wikimedia) materials and conducting research.

Learning materials
Learning materials and learning projects are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a link to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the main namespace) and start writing!

You should also read about the Learning model. Lessons should center on learning activities for Wikiversity participants. Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple projects. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.

Lessons

 * /Tuna/
 * /Algaculture/ - Includes seaweed and kelp
 * Farming Salmon
 * Farming Sea Bream
 * Farming Sea Bass
 * Farming Shrimp
 * Farming Oysters
 * Farming Clams
 * /Farming Sharks/
 * Farming Squid
 * Farming Crab
 * Packaging and Storage of Aquacultural Outputs

Assignments

 * Develop Lesson 1
 * Develop Lesson 2
 * Develop Lesson 9
 * Develop further and improve the wikipedia Aquaculture page
 * Incorporate aquaculture information in other wikipedia pages

Activities

 * Develop Lesson 1
 * Develop Lesson 2
 * Develop Lesson 9
 * Improve the wikipedia Aquaculture page
 * Start formulating specific research questions as part of an overall project plan to create a wide ranging and in depth research report into the way forward for aquaculture

Readings
Each activity has a suggested associated background reading selection.

 * Wikipedia article: Aquaculture

Active participants
Active participants in this Learning Group

 * Jimbobalina2005
 * CoffeeRansacked969

Learning Project Summary

 * Portal: Interdisciplinary Studies
 * School: Marine Sciences

Related news

 * March 11, 2007 - Whitehouse wants to allow more aquaculture.

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User:Karimarie

Please see my user page on Wikipedia for more information about me.

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User:Digitalme/Test page

This is a nice test page.

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Wikiversity:Template messages

Templates are pages in the template namespace. This means any page beginning with "Template:", such as Template:Templatename. The content of a template can be added to a page by typing.

Templates are used to add recurring messages to pages in a consistent way, to add boilerplate messages, to create navigational boxes and to provide cross-language portability of texts.

This page lists existing templates which you may find useful. For information on what templates are and how to use them, please see Wikipedia:Template namespace.

Related pages for specific types of templates

 * Category:Page creation templates
 * Welcome templates

Instructions: When you add new template messages to this page, please keep the tables in alphabetical order.

If you cannot find the template you need, you can request it on Requested templates. For help on creating templates, see w:Help:Template, or contact a user who has identified themself as an adept template coder.

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Talk:Assembly language

My experience is primarily with IBM 360/370 Assembly Language. It might be noted that we should change the name from Assembler to Assembly Language. An assembler takes assembly language and turns it into machine code. -- I just registered. Mark-roberts 03:41, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'm thinking I'll proceed from here as follows: Introduction to Assembly Language Assembly Language Basics Flow Control (Comparison and Branch/Jump) Specific Architectures (Possibly their specific operations and any peculiarities, implementations of the same example algorithm in each assembly language. Suggestions on the algorithm in question?  Preferably not something overly complex, so as not to lose the forest for the trees.)
 * Virtual Machines
 * IBM 360/370
 * Motorolla
 * Intel x86
 * (etc)

I think the algorithm that I'm going to use will be to generate the first N numbers of the Fibonacci series and stuff them into an array. def Fibo(num, array): x=1 y=2 n=0 while n < num: array[n]=x n+=1 array[n]=y n+=1 x+=y y+=x Mark Roberts 20:08, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

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Wikiversity talk:Services

Having two pages that differ only in pluralization is confusing. - dcljr 22:56, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree. Perhaps if we rename one. How about renaming this one to something like What can Wikiversity do for me?. - Trevor MacInnis 02:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Note to interested parties: Discussion has continued at Wikiversity talk:Service. - dcljr 20:03, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Testing / Assesment
Hi, i am missing the assesment part. After a training there should be an assesment, maybe diagnostic, pointing to new education.

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Wikiversity talk:Community service

Having two pages that differ only in pluralization is confusing. - dcljr 22:56, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

 * These are quite distinct as described. This page relates to possible service projects by Wikiversity groups and person for the good of society, as in helpful research and education efforts for needy communities and groups. Services as used relates to internal and external services to individuals, as in help finding a research tutor, collaborator or a job.  This distinction can be drawn out more -- even explained on each service page. Reswik 18:21, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

 * The distinction should be made clear in the titles of the pages themselves (i.e., at least one of them, and maybe both, should be renamed). - dcljr 20:53, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

 * At Wikiversity talk:Services I suggested that that page be renamed What can Wikiversity do for me?, or maybe What can it do for me?. - Trevor MacInnis 20:55, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Here's a third similarly-named page: Service community. - dcljr 22:16, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

 * The focus of the Service community page is on services for the Wikimedia commuinty. I agree that one or more of these service pages could be more accurately named. I don't like something like "What can wikiversity do for me" because this has a connotation of selfishness. Services are not necessarily a selfish thing for the provider or even the recipient. Here are naming options for the three pages mentioned:
 * Service [or Services (which includes prominent lnks to the following pages)]
 * Services for individuals
 * Services for Wikimedia projects
 * What do you think? (Btw, I thought JWSchmidt might want to comment on this discussion, so I dropped a note on his user page.) Reswik 01:54, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

types of service
Service-related activities should become a large part of Wikiversity. The three existing pages (Services, Service community and Service) correspond roughly to three important types of service activities:1) services for Wikiversity participants2) services provided by Wikiversity for other Wikimedia projects3) services provided to the whole world beyond Wikimedia Foundation projects.When I started Service community and the related pages (Wikiversity and Wikipedia services and Wikiversity and Wikibooks services) I was thinking in terms of Wikimedia community service projects that would allow scholarly activity at Wikiversity to serve the needs of sister projects like Wikiversity and Wikibooks. I would leave those three pages in the main namespace. If a significant amount of activity is generated for such Wikimedia community service projects then it will probably make sense to have at least one page in the project namespace to deal with meta-level discussion of Wikimedia community service. --JWSchmidt 02:40, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

 * The basic problem here is that service has two connotations, based on whether one is giving or receiving the service(s). Different page names need to be chosen in order to clear up this (potential source of) confusion. The best solution, it seems to me, would be to:
 * rename Service to Community service (since "community" will no doubt be interpreted as "the larger world" by most people visiting this site, we should not use it to refer only to "other Wikimedia projects");
 * keep Services as a central page that points to all the other "service" related pages, and redirect the singular Service to the plural version;
 * rename Service community to Services for other Wikimedia projects (or simply Other Wikimedia projects, which in turn will point to the other Wikimedia-specific pages — which I believe should also be renamed:
 * Wikiversity and Wikibooks services → Wikibooks services
 * Wikiversity and Wikipedia services → Wikipedia services
 * etc...
 * As you can see, I recommend keeping all of these "meta" type pages in the Wikiversity: namespace, as they are discussing Wikiversity itself, not the subject matter of the wiki, which is educational materials. Also, I haven't proposed a separate "services for end users" page, since I figured that would be done at the top of the Services page, with links to the other types of "service(s)" below. - dcljr 20:30, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Unless there's some objection (or further suggestions), I'll start to implement my ideas in a few days. - dcljr 18:28, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

 * The above seems fine to me except for this point:
 * Service community to Services for Wikimedia projects, not other Wikimedia projects. The top of the Services page will need some work. Reswik 22:59, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

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History of Quebec and Canada/Study Guide

History of Quebec and Canada Study Guide

This guide has been prepared for Quebec High School students enrolled in the Secondary IV History of Quebec and Canada Course. Topics emphasized in these courses include the French empire in America, Canadian society under the French regime, the Conquest and the early days of British rule, the beginnings of responsible government, Quebec and Confederation, industrial development, and contemporary Quebec.

How to use the Study Guide

1-Go through each of the Lessons in History starting with Module 1.

2-Complete the Topic Test Questions at the end of each topic and the Synthesis Test Questions at the end of each Module.

3-Go back over the Lesson until you're able to answer the questions.

4-Once you have completed the Module, test yourself with the Self Scoring Module Tests.

5-If you're still having trouble, try the Test+Tutorial, where you can get "hints" and references to the correct answers.

Lessons in History

 * Module 1
 * Module 2
 * Module 3
 * Module 4
 * Module 5
 * Module 6
 * Module 7


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History of Quebec and Canada/Study Guide/Module 1: The French Empire in North America

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Unit 1: Occupation of the Territory

 * Topic 1: Reasons for Exploration

 * [[History_of_Quebec_and_Canada/Study_Guide/Topic_2:_Cartier's_Voyages|

Topic 2: Cartier's Voyages]]

 * Topic 3: Geographic Conditions

Unit 2: Amerindian Civilization

 * Topic 1: Sociocultural Organization

 * Topic 2: Mutual Influences

Unit 3: The Fur Trade

 * Topic 1: Concepts of Colonization

 * Topic 2: Mercantilism

 * Topic 3: Territorial and Military Consequences


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Talk:Wikiversity translations

i've made some substantive changes to the existing automatic translation. --Smithgrrl 01:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC).
 * Thanks! --JWSchmidt 02:40, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * happy to help. this latest bit stumped me in places.  i'm not sure what is meant by wiki-Kolleg, but maybe you do... --Smithgrrl 05:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

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History of Quebec and Canada/Study Guide/Topic 1: Reasons for Exploration

What were the major reasons why Europeans explorers went on great voyages of exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries? A major reason behind these explorations was that the Ottoman Turks had blocked the overland trade routes to Asia through their capture of Constantinople in 1453. Consequently, not only did it become more dangerous to travel, but luxury items such as silk, spices, gold and silver became extremely expensive. A new route by sea had to be found to India and China and this resulted in European explorers searching for the Northwest Passage (see map).

Other reasons included:

Political reasons

'Kings wanted more power.' By creating colonies overseas they hoped they would become richer and more powerful. Colonies could also provide them with gold and silver.

Commercial reasons

Merchants hoped to get rich in return for paying to equip the voyage. If the ship returned with spices, silk, and gold, the merchants could sell them for high prices.

Technological reasons

There were now better ships (caravels), improved maps and new navigational instruments such as the astrolabe and the magnetic compass.

Religious reasons

Church leaders wanted to send missionaries to newly-discovered lands. They wanted to convert the people of other lands to the Christian faith.

Do the following questions on Topic 1: Reasons for Exploration

1. FOR WHICH TWO OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS DID EUROPEAN KINGS,MERCHANTS AND BANKERS SUPPORT THE GREAT EXPLORATIONS?

1. The need to find waters rich in all types of fish. 2. The need to find lands rich in all types of fur. 3. The need to find a new, easier and more direct route to the Orient. 4. The growing demand for gold and silver needed for trade.

5. The desire of the Amerindians to convert to Catholicism.

2. WHICH TWO CHARACTERISTICS BELOW DESCRIBE THE COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE GREAT VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION?

1. They all had large ports on the Mediterranean Sea. 2. They were the poorest countries in Europe. 3. They had mastered navigational techniques and used compasses, caravels and astrolabes. 4. They were searching for new markets for their products. 5. Their kings had to find new routes to Asia after the Turks conquered Constantinople.

3.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS MOTIVATED THE EUROPEAN MONARCHS TO FINANCE EXPEDITIONS WESTWARDS?

1. the invention of new navigational instruments 2. the scarcity of gold and precious metals

3. the desire to claim new territories 4. the conversion of the natives 5. the creation of a naval war fleet

ANSWER: A B C D Go On To Topic 2: Cartier's VoyagesHistory_of_Quebec_and_Canada/Study_Guide/Module_1:_The_French_Empire_in_North_America


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Wikiversity talk:Wikiversity Local Live

= Talk =

I may as well open the floor. People, what do you think?

 * I think this is a great idea! I was actually wondering if something like this was going to be developed --CDinAshton 13:53, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I like it as well. I am thinking about starting a group in Leiden or The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek in the Netherlands.--Daanschr 12:49, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

 * It is a good idea, I might also start a group at Concordia University in Montreal, in Canada.--Sekhmetdesign 21:00, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

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History of Quebec and Canada/Study Guide/Module 2: Canadian Society during the French Regime

Home| Module 1: | Module 2: | Module 3: | Module 4: | Module 5: | Module 6: | Module 7:

Unit 1: Settlement in the St. Lawrence Valley
Topic 1: Factors Affecting Settlement

Topic 2: Seinorial System Topic 3: Jean Talon's Policies

Unit 2: Political Structure of New France(1663-1760)

Topic 1: Mother Country/Colony Relations

Topic 2: Royal Government

Unit 3: Social Structure of New France Topic 1: Roles of the Church

Topic 2: Social Groups


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History of Quebec and Canada/Study Guide/Module 3: The Conquest and the start of British Rule

Home | Module 1: | Module 2: | Module 3: | Module 4: | Module 5: | Module 6: | Module 7: Module 3: The Conquest and the start of British Rule

Unit 1:  The Conquest of New France (1760)

Topic 1: Causes for the French Defeat Topic 2: Major Effects of the Change in Empires

 * The Articles of Capitulation and Military Government

 * Treaty of Paris (February 1763)

 * Royal Proclamation(October1763)

Unit 2:  The Province of Quebec and the American Revolution

Topic 1: Quebec Act 1774

Topic 2: Consequences of American Independence


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School talk:Geography

Anyone wanting to help set up the Geography School please post any ideas here. Cheers. Franko2nd 17:00, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Be bold! There has not been much activity in this area so far. If you have any questions about Wikiversity conventions, etc, let me know. --JWSchmidt 17:15, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Related materials
Here are a couple of learning projects and materials that might help build School:Geography
 * Topic:Cartography - proposed learning project
 * Topic:Geoinformatics - School:Computer Science
 * Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) - article copied here from Wikipedia
 * ...may be others

Wikipedia's List of basic geography topics may be a resource to help outline and get things started. Sadly, w:Portal:Geography there has been vandalized. I notified w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography. Maybe we can work with them. CQ 17:25, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea i will leave a message on their discussion page Franko2nd 17:51, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Textbook development
I started a main Geography article and I noticed that Geography redirects to b:Wikibooks:Social sciences bookshelf. Looks like we have our work cut out for us! Maybe we can build a virtual globe in cooperation with the Cartography and Geoinformatics departments? CQ 18:09, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Its a good idea for a research topic, i looked at other research like the bloom clock project, something like this would be great. Franko2nd 18:35, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

i have created a book on Basic geography started to add things to it feel free to add chapters or information. Plus if you can put it on the Geography bookshelf. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Basic_Geography Franko2nd 23:29, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

What do you think about this? --Marla Olmstead (discuss • contribs) 00:03, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

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User talk:Alpha3

History of Film
Thanks for your contributions, and welcome to Wikiversity!

FYI: Wikiversity is a global, online learning resource center. By posting your email and phone number on Wikiversity, you are likely to receive emails and phone calls from interested students around the world. In addition, it is important to give a Time Zone when telling people when not to call you by—people could refrain from calling you after 10pm GMT, but that wouldn't be very convenient for you. As another FYI, I'm going to cross-list your course with History. Expect interested students of History to stop by who have no film background but would like to learn more about the topic in a historical context. Cheers! The Jade Knight 03:13, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Halyks~enwikiversity

French
I think we should all get together to write at least one lesson for the French Program. Like "How to Introduce yourself" or "Introductory Verbs"(etre, avoir, faire . . .)Elatanatari 21:19, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Penpal Project
Does a penpal program interest you?Elatanatari 00:01, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

French Mentoring
Salut, Halyks. You are listed at the French stream as being a native French speaker interested in teaching French. The French Mentoring project has recently been launched, and if you would be willing to add your name to that list, I will make sure you are put in contact with appropriate students who would like to learn from you. The Jade Knight (d'viser) 09:33, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:WiKimik

Help request
Hi WiKimik

When I first came to the Wikiversity site about a month ago I was confused about what was going on here. Since then I've been editing and expanding the Newcomers page as I've made discoveries.

Right now I'm trying to learn something of the range of Learning Projects (Courses) on offer and share my discoveries on a "Featured Pages" page — examples for newcomers showing the range of what's possible here.

I'd greatly appreciate links to good Learning Projects in Engineering & Technology (or elsewhere). I'd especially welcome your commentaries on:
 * how they use the site to teach
 * how many students have been attracted, where they're coming from, whether they're following through
 * what's notable about each course sited
 * how well (or not) the wiki software and Wikiversity delivers an environment to conduct learning

Best wishes

morley 22:20, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Fluid mechanics
Hi! I could help you in writing Fluid Mechanics, if you liked to. Editing in collaboration is more pleasant. --Jorge 16:47, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Portal talk:Engineering and Technology/ - Electrical/Electronic Engineering Orientation/Aptitude Course
ping- Thuvack 11:19, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:Karimarie

discussion
I saw your mention of a discussion group at Topic talk:Jewish Studies. Given my weak imagination, I have just been creating pages such as On the Soul: discussion group that have a section for discussion. Wikiversity needs to find better ways to promote and host discussions. --JWSchmidt 16:41, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
 * "best taught in a dialogue format, not in textbook learning or lecture" <-- Even if you have a great textbook and a great lecturer this is a wiki and I like the idea that Wikiversity will provide activities for participants.
 * "get enough people interested in the discussion to be willing to contribute to it" <-- this is always a problem for any new wiki. One think that can be done is to make links to Wikiversity pages from Wikipedia pages. For example, we can use the template at Wikipedia. It would also be possible to make contacts with synagogues and invite their participants to make use of Wikiversity. --JWSchmidt 17:59, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

"there is no precedent for anything like this in Wikiversity (or any other Wikimedia wiki, for that matter) to have a discussion about a subject rather than how to represent a subject" <-- When Jimmy Wales announced that the Wikiversity project had been approved he said,
 * "..... the idea here is to also host learning communities, so people who are actually trying to learn, actually have a place to come and interact and help each other figure out how to learn things. We're also going to be hosting and fostering research into how these kinds of things can be used more effectively." (source)

The Wikiversity project proposal calls for scholarly/learning projects and communities, "learning groups" that will be help desks, mentoring teams, cohort groups, debate clubs - learning through collaboration and discussion - the "wiki way". This means that we are the folks who get to figure out how to harness the wiki interface to support the kinds discussions that are needed for online learning communities. --JWSchmidt 19:37, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

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