[Shacs] wiki.SHACS.org

[CSC_KTH]

Yes, but a wiki format would allow undergraduate students who knew more
about your subject than you do to make additions to the material.  In
addition, professors who are more knowledgable than you could greatly
enhance the quality of your notes since there would be so many potential
sources of information.
 
(Okay, okay, so maybe I would benefit more from this sort of thing, but it
is possible that someone might volunteer an example of something we wouldn't
otherwise have considered.)
 
Ken T. N. Hartness, Ph.D.
Computer Science Undergraduate Advisor
Sam Houston State University  
 


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From: shacs-bounces at shsu.edu [mailto:shacs-bounces at shsu.edu] On Behalf Of
David Burris
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 2:38 PM
To: Bronius Motekaitis
Cc: SHACS
Subject: Re: [Shacs] wiki.SHACS.org


I already provide my notes for my class free to all students.  I do not need
a wiki.  Note there are other faculty in CS who publish their class notes,
especially CS133, 138, and 143 and make several thousand dollars a year more
from the publishers for their efforts.  I think it is best not to rock the
free boat.

At one time I did ask students copying my notes to make a $5 donation to the
scholarship fund for each class.  I do not think anyone ever paid.



Dr. B


 Bronius Motekaitis wrote: 

yeah Right.  Even if it could fly, a whole segment of school-centric
business would be cut out of the loop..  college text books stores,
publishers, the little guys with black wheelie-briefcases that come to
campus periodically with free sample books, the underground market of
stealing books from the library and reselling them for killer profit..  You
can't just wget a wiki, resell it, and get rich, Andrew. 
 
But in the spirit of opensource, it's a nifty idea.  THere already is enough
free info out in the world, why not bundle it up in real text book form and
save some bucks.


 
On 9/8/06, Pilling, Andrew Alexander <STDAAP17 at shsu.edu> wrote: 

First the source of the idea:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060905-7662.html
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060905-7662.html> 

Next I restate the subject in the body:
"wiki.SHACS.org"

Now let's all cheer and egg him on:
"Burris! Burris! Burris! Burris!"


Sorry Dr. B, when others thought it was a great idea I couldn't help but 
to share with the rest of the group.

-Drew

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