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How is one suppose to use this? I tried finding something on comp-sci - no mention on main page or courses list. I went into medicine and there are no courses a

How is one suppose to use this? I tried finding something on comp-sci - no mention on main page or courses list. I went into medicine and there are no courses and list of random resources where one is about mammals. Doesn’t seem like a structured set of data that you could actually learn from as you would do on a university

crazygringo 4y ago
I just tried clicking "Browse" (second item in left bar, below "Main page") and "Computer science" is in the middle of the first box: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/School:Computer_Science https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/School:Computer_Science Which leads to "Core Courses" and "Full Course Listing". It also works if on the main page, the middle of the top box lists subject areas, you can click "Technology" which has a subcategory "Computing" which lists "Computer science". It also works if you click on "Schools" in the main page, which lists "School:Computer Science". I agree it should maybe be more primary how to access the subject hierarchy. But it is there in multiple ways.
bawolff 4y ago
Realistically, wikiversity is the wikimedia project that has taken off the least (maybe except wikinews and wikispecies). The amount of content is relatively small. If you want a structured learning resource, i think wikibooks is a better bet.
- duskwuff 4y ago
  > The amount of content is relatively small. And a substantial amount of the material that is there is bizarre content that's unlikely to be useful to teachers or researchers -- for example, the site hosts "courses" for topics such as "Dominant group", "Intentional Evolution", "Finding Courage", and "ACR" ("Action + Circumstances → Reaction"). Without pointing any fingers, I get the feeling that a substantial amount of the content on the site is the work of a couple of users treating the site as their personal blog, rather than an attempt to build content as a community. There's very little visible collaboration.
- zozbot234 4y ago
  Wikiversity is a bit of a "catchall" project, it gets used for hosting all kinds of resources of educational interest that wouldn't be accepted on other Wiki sister sites.

crazygringo 4y ago

I just tried clicking "Browse" (second item in left bar, below "Main page") and "Computer science" is in the middle of the first box: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/School:Computer_Science https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/School:Computer_Science Which leads to "Core Courses" and "Full Course Listing". It also works if on the main page, the middle of the top box lists subject areas, you can click "Technology" which has a subcategory "Computing" which lists "Computer science". It also works if you click on "Schools" in the main page, which lists "School:Computer Science". I agree it should maybe be more primary how to access the subject hierarchy. But it is there in multiple ways.

bawolff 4y ago

Realistically, wikiversity is the wikimedia project that has taken off the least (maybe except wikinews and wikispecies). The amount of content is relatively small. If you want a structured learning resource, i think wikibooks is a better bet.

duskwuff 4y ago
> The amount of content is relatively small. And a substantial amount of the material that is there is bizarre content that's unlikely to be useful to teachers or researchers -- for example, the site hosts "courses" for topics such as "Dominant group", "Intentional Evolution", "Finding Courage", and "ACR" ("Action + Circumstances → Reaction"). Without pointing any fingers, I get the feeling that a substantial amount of the content on the site is the work of a couple of users treating the site as their personal blog, rather than an attempt to build content as a community. There's very little visible collaboration.
zozbot234 4y ago
Wikiversity is a bit of a "catchall" project, it gets used for hosting all kinds of resources of educational interest that wouldn't be accepted on other Wiki sister sites.