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Anaheim, Calif.—A silly question? Maybe. But the analogy, made by a speaker at the Educause conference here today, reflects a recurring theme ...
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QUOTE(Newsfeed @ Wed 13th October 2010, 7:13pm) 
One Response to “What if We Ran Universities Like Wikipedia?â€
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Get a clue — Here’s a few —
http://wikipediareview.com/
Keep up this quality of reporting and you’ll soon know the answer to the question,
“What If We Ran ‘The Chronicle of Higher Education’ Like Wikipedia?â€
— Jon Awbrey, October 13, 2010 at 7:22 pm
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First, it wouldn’t have formal admissions, said Mr. Staley, director of the Harvey Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching at Ohio State University. People could enter and exit as they wished. It would consist of voluntary and self-organizing associations of teachers and students “not unlike the original idea for the university, in the Middle Ages,†he said. Its curriculum would be intellectually fluid.
Interesting. Sounds a lot like Harvard Extension School, actually, though that of course is not a perfect analogy.
QUOTE(NuclearWarfare @ Thu 14th October 2010, 12:13am)
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First, it wouldn’t have formal admissions, said Mr. Staley, director of the Harvey Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching at Ohio State University. People could enter and exit as they wished. It would consist of voluntary and self-organizing associations of teachers and students “not unlike the original idea for the university, in the Middle Agesâ€, he said. Its curriculum would be intellectually fluid.
Interesting. Sounds a lot like Harvard Extension School, actually, though that of course is not a perfect analogy.
Harvey Goldberg ?????
Rube's dumber brother …
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Jon
I guess they'll let just about anything into the CoHE these days, won't they?
I mean, the document they link to would be funny if it weren't so deeply, deeply delusional. Apparently this Prof. David Staley guy at OSU thinks Wikiversity is the wave of the future! Woo-hoo! Let's get Ottava to send him an invitation to participate!
I mean, the document they link to would be funny if it weren't so deeply, deeply delusional. Apparently this Prof. David Staley guy at OSU thinks Wikiversity is the wave of the future! Woo-hoo! Let's get Ottava to send him an invitation to participate!
If you ran a university using Wikipedia's governing methods - it would end up with drunken frat boys for deans, and the classes taught by aggressive hobos.
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First, it wouldn’t have formal admissions, said Mr. Staley, director of the Harvey Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching at Ohio State University. People could enter and exit as they wished. It would consist of voluntary and self-organizing associations of teachers and students “not unlike the original idea for the university, in the Middle Ages,†he said. Its curriculum would be intellectually fluid.
Interesting. Sounds a lot like Harvard Extension School, actually, though that of course is not a perfect analogy.
Medieval universities. Voluntary but quite exclusive, the congregation being self-elected by its members. Exhaustive series of exams lasting eight years or more, with varying degrees of rank awarded on the basis of expertise and skill in the chosen subject matter. And a charter - a sort of certificate of incorporation - awarded by the king or queen. The very essence of the establishment.
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And instead of tenure, it would have professors “whose longevity would be determined by the community,â€
There seems to be confusion here between the medieval idea of a university 'community' - namely the masters or dons, who self-elect on the basis of the procedures outlined above - and the Wikipedian idea.
I sense a deep disconnect with reality.
[edit] And having just read this ... http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/ED...herEduca/163579
QUOTE(Peter Damian @ Thu 14th October 2010, 11:03am)
I sense a deep disconnect with reality.
...as if millions of voices cried out 'Duuuuude! We need to have a faculty meeting and then beer pong!'
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