User:Eml4500.f08.ateam.boggs.t/Lecture 1

Lecture 1 was an introduction into the course detailing the schedule, the grading system, and the method for submitting work in the class. Groups of 5 or 6 were to be created to work on homework and submit homework reports. These reports were originally going to be submitted on Wikipedia, but are now to be submitted on Wikiversity. The remainder of the lecture was spent discussing the advantages of this method of teaching compared to more traditional methods used in other courses. Using Wikiversity would enable a sharing of knowledge throughout the class of the course material enabling the class to be better prepared for the exams. This would be accomplished by the posting of the top three homework reports on the class main page, making the correct answers to the homework available to the whole class with the material presented in a clear and concise manner. The top three teams would be given extra credit, but if any flaws were discovered in their reports after posting some of the extra credit could be taken away and given to those who found the flaws.