User talk:AdaptiveCampus

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Hi!
Very interesting Userpage. What kinds of software applications do you develop on Adaptive Campus? By the way, WV is not the only open courseware website--take a look at WikiEducator, which I'm also on. How are you finding the course you're taking over here? --AFriedman 17:24, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello Dr. Friedman.
Adaptive Campus's software is all built around the concept of a personal learning environment. Adaptive Campus is developing our own set of applications where we see gaps in the market place while also looking at how we can integrate with existing software platforms. One part of the project is replacing and/or integrating with LMSs (Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai, etc.). The Adaptive Campus platform isn't launching until this summer, but when we do, anyone can sign up for a PLE account for free, and institutions will be able to host the LMS side of the PLE for free. With so many institutions vested in their LMSs though, we are also working on ways to integrate with their existing software package, through their APIs (if they have them). But the end goal is to create a PLE for the student, rather than constricting them to the course-centric LMS environment. But of course, LMSs are so limited in functionality these days, we are also developing applications that complement their functionality with other functionality that supports a personal learning environment concept. As an example, we are developing a research collection application, similar to Evernote, but that integrates with classroom activity and has more group and collaborative functionality. There will be a community based research collection version and we've been watching Wikipedia closely to see how their governance is working out for them. Right now, the plan is to make that component self-contained and probably non-profit, like Wikipedia. I can see some potential for collaboration at some point, and I am very curious to understand how the Wikiversity model might be complemented with what we are doing. Perhaps students (and faculty) could form ad-hoc groups through the PLE and add some more social elements to the courses? Perhaps the PLE could provide a mechanism for giving individuals recognition for the work they do in Wikiversity? Not sure, but there does seem to be some convergence of utility. AdaptiveCampus 17:05, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds really interesting! Please do keep me posted.  Myself, I've found that all the wikimedia projects have improved with time.  Wikipedia is by far the best developed and is quite well organized by now.  It's already the first source I consult when I want to learn about a new topic, and I think it's only going to get better.  Wikiversity and WikiEducator are less than 3 years old.  They are missing most of their content and organization but they are much better than they were even a year ago.  Wikipedia still needs work, but even a run-of-the-mill article has quite a lot of content.  With better connections to other Wikimedia projects, I think their content is going to improve at an increasing rate.  Here is a little about what I am doing.  I am trying to de-institutionalize academic type scholarship, by making research resources, training and mentorship in my field available to anyone with an Internet connection.  I just started to do this last year, and am already involved in some very interesting collaborations with people who lack access to more conventional facilities.  I would be very interested in working with others, both in similar fields and with similar goals in mind.  --AFriedman 15:35, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Mentors
I've been trying to edit the Mentors program and created the Research Mentoring Program because I think WV needs more resources for people like you, please come give your feedback and help develop the materials! --AFriedman 18:33, 6 March 2009 (UTC)