Can a University Education Be Open Source? Wikiversity, Open Educational Resources, and the Future of the University In-Person / Online
Join UVic Libraries & the Electronic Textual Cultures Laboratory (ETCL) for our 2023 Honorary Resident Wikipedian Public Talk
Amanda Madden, Assistant Professor, George Mason University
Wikiversity was launched in 2006 the same year that Roy Rosenzweig decreed that a solution to Wikipedia’s increasing ubiquity was “to emulate the great democratic triumph of Wikipedia” and that “people are eager for free and accessible information resources.” He argued historians (and humanists) have a responsibility to create excellent educational resources. Wikiversity, was developed to fill that need.
As of October 2023, there are Wikiversity sites active for 17 languages comprising a total of 146,215 articles. K-12 teachers appear to be the most active users of the site with very little evidence that universities are following suit. So why don’t academics edit Wikiversity like we do Wikipedia and Wikidata?
This talk will encourage us to think more broadly not only about Open Educational Resources, but envisioning a future in which we create open and free courses.
Learn more about the Honorary Resident Wikipedian program.
- Date:
- Thursday, November 9, 2023
- Time:
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Digital Scholarship Commons A308
- Library/Gallery:
- Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Open to Everyone