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"Education [..] is a process of living and not a preparation for future living." -John Dewey (discuss)

Welcome 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 or start editing now.

Today's Featured Project Technical Writing This well-developed course offers Level 1 and Level 2 courses in technical writing, plus a workshop on writing system requirement specifications. We're constantly updating and restructuring our content and welcome your active participation in building and improving this learning community. Visit this resource · see more featured content view · discuss 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.

Educational Picture of the Day The Trombone 1. tuning slide 2. mouthpiece 3. bell 4. water key 5. main slide 6. second slide brace 7. first slide brace 8. slide lock ring 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. Images and audio clips of trombones Images and audio clips of musical instruments - Music images and resources 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. view · discuss 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 Catalogue | Guided tours ► Schools ► Portals ► Resources ► Learning projects ► Help News 2013 Radiation detectors is a new lecture for the course Principles of radiation astronomy, try it out and take the quiz The original research project searching for early telescopes is a Special Story for This month in GLAM The course at Wikiversity, Principles of radiation astronomy, is described in This Month in Education. Help Creating educational content at Wikiversity (teacher-oriented tour). Starting out at Wikiversity (student-oriented tour). ► Help

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