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University of Georgia (USA) launched a new "wiki" type project, which aims - to accumulate knowledge in our free online texts. Project Global Text Project's goal - to collect university professors and students around the world the knowledge and using wiki technology, to create 1,000 for university textbooks, writes nature.com.
The book will be an overview of a wide range of fields - from biology to literature lana del rey and to information technology. Project initiator Rick Watson of the University of Georgia, said that the world is millions of university teachers and tens of millions of students whose knowledge can be used smartly than is the case now. Countless essays and assignments after payment lana del rey now goes to the trash. "This is - the unused intellectual resources," - said R.Watsonas. As millions of people can write a coherent book? It must be recognized lana del rey that these tutorials will not be freely available to all. True, anyone can submit their knowledge to new textbooks. But unlike the user-generated online encyclopaedia "Wikipedia" knowledge lana del rey will be tested before they are recognizing the editor appropriate textbook. Otherwise, the risk is that knowledge is false, the information will be handled and difficult to read, and gives students the opportunity to give an excuse to the teachers, "but does all of this is written in the textbook" if the settlement lana del rey in their replies to be incorrect.
Do we really need more books? A particular aim of the project - to create free books to students from developing countries who can not afford traditional textbooks, often costing several hundred dollars. Most current textbooks can not be legally scan and distribute via the Internet, because it is contrary to copyright laws. And in addition, in rapidly growing areas such as information technology, to print textbooks become outdated very quickly. Of course, the students most of the required information can now meet online. But every student is well aware of the fact that without a good text on which to build, it is likely to drown in information and garbage at sea. How did it all start? When R.Watsono was asked in the programming language called XML course, he senses that there is not a single decent for a textbook - making it their 2004 show students the task by creating an XML tutorial. Other teachers and students are urged to extend this idea and now R.Watsonas says: "This is my work weekends and evenings. Now the project development joined more than 100 people from twenty countries, including Uganda, Ethiopia, India, Columbia and Indonesia. Some developing countries, professors and teachers has brought about tremendous Agriculture, Public Health and wireless technologies need textbooks. How far gone? The project is still in the embryonic stage. The first book will be about information systems (business to promote the use of computers), because it is R.Watsono specialization. Textbook draft will be ready later this year. Until then, expect R.Watsonas elaborate project - for example, think of how to change an existing wiki software to fit the textbook management. It is expected that with time the books will be translated into different languages - as well as Chinese and Arabic. Is it possible that no one else does? There are many trials to developing countries minimum price for the supply of computers and information - for some of these projects organizers are also actively contribute to the creation of Wikipedia. "Wikibooks" - it started in July 2003, the project has made freely available a collection of books, and in August 2006 opened the door and "Wikiversity" - project, which aims to provide free learning materials and activities tasks. But R.Watsono project differs from its predecessors in that it involved and editor - your expert in charge of each text. Are you sure it's completely free? At present, all contribute to the project without compensation. R.Watsonas expect to continue in the future books will support entrepreneurs. One idea - to ask for support for the world's largest lana del rey corporations, but that such requests would receive response, it is essential that people contribute enthusiastically - with the same enthusiasm that led to fast on Wikipedia growth.
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