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by ulisp10
Sun Dec 18, 2022 7:22 pm
Forum: Our concept of a university
Topic: Reinventing the university for the 21st century
Replies: 12
Views: 426

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...
by ulisp10
Fri Dec 16, 2022 10:20 am
Forum: Our concept of a university
Topic: Reinventing the university for the 21st century
Replies: 12
Views: 426

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 ...
by ulisp10
Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:55 am
Forum: Introduction to the Forum
Topic: Please Introduce Yourself
Replies: 2
Views: 208

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...
by ulisp10
Thu Dec 15, 2022 3:57 am
Forum: Introduction to the Forum
Topic: Forum support
Replies: 2
Views: 155

Your choice: British or American English

Dear users, I have installed today the American English language pack. Now you can choose using either British or American English. To set your preferences, click on your username, then go to User Control Panel --> Board Preferences --> Edit Global Settings. See attached screenshot for orientation.
by ulisp10
Wed Dec 14, 2022 6:28 pm
Forum: Our concept of a university
Topic: The MOOC Revolution that Wasn't
Replies: 1
Views: 132

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...
by ulisp10
Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:15 am
Forum: WDUi News and Events
Topic: "The Dignity of an Intellectual Life for All"
Replies: 1
Views: 107

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
by ulisp10
Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:29 am
Forum: Introduction to the Forum
Topic: Forum support
Replies: 2
Views: 155

How can I see what's new in the forums?

For any forum, on the right side you see the latest posts. If you want to see a list of all recent contributions to all forums, please click on the menu item 'Quick links', just below our logo. Then select 'Active topics' to get a list of the latest posts. If you prefer to get email notifications wh...
by ulisp10
Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:43 am
Forum: WDUi News and Events
Topic: Public announcements on the website
Replies: 0
Views: 117

Public announcements on the website

I understand this topic to hold news and announcements addressing our community. Dor better visibility, news for the general public shall be posted on the website directly, either in the blog or as part of the homepage. Please send a private message or email to user ulisp10 if you suggest news or an...
by ulisp10
Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:42 am
Forum: Our concept of a university
Topic: Reinventing the university for the 21st century
Replies: 12
Views: 426

Research projects at WDU?

Dear all, to me, this topic raises several key questions. One of them is which research projects we as WDU supporters would like to pursue. Realistically, we will have to start small. If you have suggestions for small projects which add to the knowledge and wisdom about human dignity, please share t...