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- Fri Jan 06, 2023 4:56 am
- Forum: Librarians' internal stuff
- Topic: Documentation and Manuals
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3374
Documentation and Manuals
This topic serves to document progress and status of the Resources Library. If you want to have an updated version or a new one to show here, please send it attached to a Private Message to Uli. He will then upload it here. Documents attached: hdhs.wdu.concept-paper.1.pdf: David Yamada invites to cr...
- Mon Jan 02, 2023 4:17 pm
- Forum: Our concept of a university
- Topic: Reinventing the university for the 21st century
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4583
Re: WDU library
Perhaps it would first be a good idea for us to consider a "user-friendly structure" so that we may streamline an efficient process to best prepare, organize, transfer, and catalog content. As the collection is massive, could you please provide us a "link to the archives" so tha...
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 8:21 am
- Forum: Our concept of a university
- Topic: Reading: "Tribes for brewing ideas and engaging in positive change"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1279
Re: Reading: "Tribes for brewing ideas and engaging in positive change"
... Here's the link: https://newworkplace.wordpress.com/2015/11/06/tribes-for-brewing-ideas-and-engaging-in-positive-change/ Thank you for sharing this motivating article. At the Commons Social Library I found a related activity, which apparently is very successful: https://commonslibrary.org/welco...
- Sun Dec 18, 2022 7:22 pm
- Forum: Our concept of a university
- Topic: Reinventing the university for the 21st century
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4583
WDU library
Certainly, WDU deserves to feature a fine library; what would be most fitting? I recently began to learn of The Society Library . Dear Lee, thanks for making us aware of the Society Library. This looks interesting and it is great that you plan to monitor their progress. Regarding the WDU Library, a...
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 10:20 am
- Forum: Our concept of a university
- Topic: Reinventing the university for the 21st century
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4583
Wikiversity as a model??
How are WDU courses created? If a ready, willing, and able educator wants to create and contribute a course to WDU, how does she proceed? Do we have anything analogous to Creating Wikiversity Courses for WDU? I don't plan for something comparable to the Wikiversity user guide. Preparing content to ...
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:55 am
- Forum: Introduction to the Forum
- Topic: Please Introduce Yourself
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2622
Introducing myself: Uli Spalthoff
As of 2022, I am a 72 years old, living in the countryside of the Franconia region in Germany. I am married to Brigitte Volz. She is a retired teacher, Gestalt therapist, and artist. Before my retirement, I was Director Advanced Technologies in the CTO office of Alcatel-Lucent in Paris. Earlier, aft...
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 3:57 am
- Forum: Introduction to the Forum
- Topic: Forum support
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1886
Your choice: British or American English
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- Wed Dec 14, 2022 6:28 pm
- Forum: Our concept of a university
- Topic: The MOOC Revolution that Wasn't
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1079
The MOOC Revolution that Wasn't
In this article about the early years of Massive Open Online Courses [https://techcrunch.com/2014/09/11/the-mooc-revolution-that-wasnt/?guccounter=1], the author reports disappointing results of MOOCs: Originally hailed as a revolution in learning, MOOCs have seen disappointing course completion num...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:15 am
- Forum: WDUi News and Events
- Topic: "The Dignity of an Intellectual Life for All"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1015
Re: "The Dignity of an Intellectual Life for All"
Thank you for this, dear David. I have copied it to the website, replacing the announcement article.
I look forward to watch the recording soon, as I unfortunately could not attend the life event.
Uli
I look forward to watch the recording soon, as I unfortunately could not attend the life event.
Uli
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:29 am
- Forum: Introduction to the Forum
- Topic: Forum support
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1886
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