Comments on: Jimmy Wales – Knowledge Sharing Panel

By: Lindajay

Lindajay — Tue, 01 May 2007 10:21:56 +0000

While I would have loved to the the presentation by Jimmy Wales, the commentary is a good reflection which I have read with interest. I am also impressed with the efforts of some to check the details they were presented and to see the spin which can sometimes be used by presenters.

All in all a great example for students and lots for eduactors to mull over. Thank you.

By: sseus

sseus — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:48:40 +0000

Thanks for your summary of the afternoon Graham!

Hearing the founder of Wikipedia talk about his vision and beliefs puts ‘all things wiki’ in a new light for me. From now on I’ll use wikipedia with greater knowledge and understanding and with a sense of personal connection.
Jimmy Wales morning presentation really brought to life what ‘knowledge creation” looks like, both the traditional and emerging processes. I wish every teacher librarian could have participated. How fortunate we are to have access to a rich diverse knowledge landscape.

By: Graham Wegner

Graham Wegner — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:07:17 +0000

I suppose it depends on your interpretation of not-for-profit, Mike, but unless you are producing something for sale as another product, using my content in mashup doesn’t contravene the spirit of the license (I think) and share-alike just means that your mash-up can be re-mashed up again by someone else. You don’t need my permission – I suppose the interpretation can be a bit fuzzy around the edges and I’m no copyright guru, just an educator trying to step away from outright ownership.

By: mseyfang

mseyfang — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:30:05 +0000

I was thinking about the slides Mark used to take us thru the various ‘pedia’ sites you mention above – he showed what appeared to be the first paragraph on ‘kangaroo’ for each of the sites. The entry from conservapedia was by far the most absurd, either funny or scary depending on your point of view.

I went back through the ‘kangaroo’ page for each site and found that Mark had used more than a touch of spin to make his point. The first paragraph from each of the other sites looked similar to what I remember flashing up on the big screen, but for conservapedia I had to scroll down to the most bizzarre paragraph in the ‘origins’ section of the article.

I do seem to recall Mark saying a phrase that included the words origin and section, but I was rather dissapointed that my first impression was so skewed by this bit of editorial spin in presentation.

Nice summary post by the way – shame it’s licensed with NC and SA as I would like to be able to use it for a mashup I am planning to do for education.au. (I know I could ask you for permisison, but isn’t not having to the whole point of open content??)

Keep up the good work.
Fang