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Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project devoted to learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional training and informal learning. We invite teachers, students, and researchers to join us in creating open educational resources and collaborative learning communities. To learn more about Wikiversity, try a guided tour, learn about adding content, or start editing now.

Today's Featured Project

Learn Swedish

Introduction to Swedish consists of 12 lessons, plus vocabulary sheets, exercises and answers. The course is aimed at complete beginners and introduces basic Swedish words, phrases and grammar.

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Educational Picture of the Day

The Formation of a Rainbow

1. Spherical droplet
2. Places where internal reflection of the light occurs
3. Primary rainbow
4. Places where refraction of the light occurs
5. Secondary rainbow

6. Incoming beams of white light
7. Path of light contributing to primary rainbow
8. Path of light contributing to secondary rainbow
9. Observer

10. Region forming the primary rainbow
11. Region forming the secondary rainbow
12. Zone in the atmosphere holding countless tiny spherical droplets.

Diagram showing how primary and secondary rainbows are formed. Click on the image for a full size version which you can freely re-use and modify. Print it and use it for your lessons, integrate it into your pages on Wikiversity, or use it in other learning resources and websites. Use the links below to find more images like this one.

Guide to rainbow media - Prism images - Light images
Mechanics images - Electromagnetism images - Optics images - Atomic physics images
Images relating to physics in general

This image is a part of the Educational Media Awareness Campaign, raising awareness among educators about the availability and usage of millions of free internet media in education.

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News

2024

July 22: Wikiphilosophers has launched on Wikiversity. The goal of this project is to provide an overview of all philosophical ideas of philosophers and thinkers within Wikiversity.
May 13: Collaborative authoring using wiki: An open education case study published in the International Journal for Students as Partners
March 15: Using open wikis for teaching and learning presentation to the ASCILITE Learning Design Special Interest Group
January 5: The Real Good Religion course is now welcoming students seeking adventure

2023

December 25: The recently revised course on writing is now available
May 23: Students can now follow The Wise Path on Wikiversity
April 11: The course Collective decision making is now available as part of the Coming Together curriculum
January 1: Socialism is calling for high quality essays