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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, learn about adding content, or start editing now.

Today's Featured Project Observational astronomy In the observational astronomy project, astronomers can gain an understanding of objects in the universe by studying them with a telescope. Observational astronomy is the process of collecting and analyzing data to learn about these objects. In this learning project a computer program is used to view and study images taken with a telescope to learn basic concepts in astronomy. This is part of the astronomy project. Visit this resource · see more featured content 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 Structure of Matter This image shows the structure of matter according to string theory, in which everyday objects are analysed as molecules, then as atoms, then as sub-atomic particles, and finally as strings. 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 relating to string theory 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. 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.

Explore Wikiversity ► Contents ► Schools ► Portals ► Courses ► Resources ► Learning projects ► Help News 2017 2 February: The Ideal gas law is a new resource that's complete and ready for learners 1 February: The planets lecture Saturn is complete, check it out and try the quiz 26 January: The new mathematics resource Quadratic Equation is ready for learners 22 January: Plate tectonics and the structure of the Earth's crust is ready for learners to study 21 January: Inversion (discrete mathematics) is complete and ready for learners, also check out Paleanthropology through the Portal:Humanities and try the quiz 20 January: Eukaryotic and prokaryotic gene structure has been published in the WikiJournal of Medicine 19 January: The complete resource Permutation notation is ready for learners 18 January: The keynote lecture Geology is ready, check it out and try the quiz 15 January: The WikiJournal of Medicine has published an editorial describing its development over the last 2 years Help Creating educational content at Wikiversity (teacher-oriented tour). Starting out at Wikiversity (student-oriented tour). ► Help

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