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Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project devoted to learning resources and learning projects for 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, try a guided tour.

Today's Featured Project

A resource for scholars and others interested in media literacy. The materials were originally developed by graduate students enrolled in a course taught by Professor Renee Hobbs at Temple University's School of Communication and Theater, and has been further developed by succeeding versions of the same course. The course looks at media literacy in a wide context, and is of relevance to secondary education, tertiary education, research and education outside the formal sector.

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Community

Start editing, join the discussion (on the colloquium) and become part of the Wikiversity community! For real-time advice or assistance, you can join our Wikiversity's IRC channel, or our mailing list, or add learner questions on our help desk. The community portal is a listing of notices, projects, activities, guidelines and resources, and learn more about us through the history of Wikiversity.

1. hollow metallic sphere (with positive charges) 2. electrode connected to the sphere, a brush ensures contact between the electrode and the belt 3. upper roller (for example in plexiglass) 4. side of the belt with positive charges 5. opposite side of the belt with negative charges

6. lower roller (metal) 7. lower electrode (ground) 8. spherical device with negative charges, used to discharge the main sphere 9. spark produced by the difference of potentials

Diagram of a Van De Graaf generator. 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.

Development

At Wikiversity we are committed both to conventional learning patterns and resources, and to innovation and experimentation. Wikiversity is open to reconceptualising how web education can occur and how open educational resources can be made, and we are open to new ideas about the use of the Mediawiki environment for learning and research. Check out and help develop our learning projects and how learning works on Wikiversity, see how Wikiversity can help you, and explore how to get involved and start adding content. The sandbox server project is also a centre of learning experimentation.

Explore Wikiversity

• 9 May: Wikiversity's sister projects interview is published.
• 22 March: Join the discussion and activity at Wikiversity Vision 2009.
• 2 February: An experimental Moodle installation has been set up on the sandbox server.

• Creating educational content at Wikiversity (teacher-orientated tour).
• Starting out at Wikiversity (student-orientated tour).