Wikiversity looking to become most successful open university

I was just looking at Wikipedia and I happened to stumble upon a link to their Wikiversity page, and I must admit that its pretty cool. Its a logical step for them to take, since the main Wikipedia site is already a one-stop-shop destination for knowledge on practically every subject. Even Google searches tend to place Wikipedia answers in their top five results. So as it went, I naturally gave it a try, and I checked out their program on Electronics Engineering (which is my field), and I was impressed with the content I found.

First of all, you go through an orientation page which gives some basic introductions and guidelines, and after this come the evaluation test. Since Electronics is a science field, the test evaluates basic working knowledge of Mathematics (Algebra and Trigonometry), Physics, and Chemistry. After looking through this, I then returned to the main page and browsed through the course links and referrence material, and I found it to be adequate. It even gives a link to the MIT Opencourseware in one of the pages.

While some of the pages are in need of some more building, I figure its only a matter of time before some of the affliated academicians load on course material from their own syllabuses, especially those who fill and edit the regular Wikipedia entries. The concept of open universities has been around for a while, and there are already numerous lecture videos on Youtube, with some universities having their own Youtube channels. But a platform of knowledge like Wikipedia is the perfect place for compling lectures on different fields, as it is only a stonethrow away from their rgular wiki format anyways.

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