User:Dr-now
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[edit] Real Name: Darrell Ulm
Hello, my name is Darrell Ulm. I have taught computer science almost every year since 1991 in a college setting, and for the last 7 years as a professor. Mostly I would like to add my knowledge of CS (see: School:Computer Science ) curriculum and coursework to the mix. The great thing about Wikiversity is that students do not need to reinvent the wheel again and again. Whatever a student works on can be added to the curriculum. This occurs in a bricks and mortar university setting, but most students still re-invent the wheel. I have been around for about 4/10ths of a century.
I liken what is happening to the Internet to the recurrent neural network (shown above), which has properties similar to neurons in the human brain. The Internet is a massive recurrent network of pages and links, with human beings acting as the super-nodes creating and editing content and programs. This is creating a new type of consciousness or at least a new type of society. The mash-ups and open source creation that is taking place on Wikipedia and thousands of other sites are creating a new world. Let us make it a good one!
Wikiveristy will allow diligent students to work on projects that further the goals of the whole group. Each participant who is an active learner, can excel to whatever aspiration he/she desires.
For those interested, here is a link to an old page from my old University days: http://www.cs.kent.edu/~dulm/
Here is to the new days fully embracing innovation and invention. I believe if Open Source development is included in the curriculum, then the position and clout of the Wikiveristy School of Computer Science will be strong as if not stronger than the position of bricks and mortar institutions.
While I am certainly no Blaise Pascal, I noticed in the painting below how he smiles. He is in the bliss of the enlightenment. Let us move Wikiversity forward with this attitude as we climb, stumble, and seek.
