Eduwiki 2012/Wikiversity and WikiEducator

Wikiversity WikiEducator

Ethos

Set learning free

To turn the digital divide into digital dividends using free content and open networks

Owner

Wikimedia Foundation

Open Education Resource Foundation

In a nutshell

Wikiversity is a centre for the creation and use of free learning materials and activities. Its primary priorities and goals are to:

  • Create and host a range of free-content, multilingual learning materials/resources, for all age groups and learner levels
  • Host learning and research projects and communities around existing and new materials

WikiEducator is a global open source project dedicated to developing open content resources in support of all national curricula by 2015, in line with the UN's Millennium Development Goals. WikiEducator is a top 100K website with 10.5 million hits per month (October, 2009). It has 39,435 members in more than 110 countries. 72% of its users are teachers, lecturers or trainers working in the education sector.

URL

Main Page

www.wikieducator.org

Date of launch

August 15, 2006

12 February 2006

Alexa rating

26,101 (August 2012)[1]

73,792 (August 2012)[2]

References

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  1. "Wikiversity.org Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  2. "Wikieducator.org Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2012-08-02.