Open Source content is all the rage and provides a great resource for educators worldwide. I’ve been thinking recently that there is a real opportunity for some kind of curriculum wiki — a place to gather all the great curriculum resources that people develop and are willing to share. And just when I’m thinking of this, here is one…. Curriki.
Curriki is a new resource that provides free Open Source lessons, assessments, resources and textbooks. This site is hosted by Global Education and Learning Community, a project of Scott McNealy and Sun Microsystems. They’ve assembed a heavy hitting team of managers and advisers for this project.
The service is brand new, and so the offerings at this point are a bit spotty. The great thing about wikis though is how quickly they can grow and prosper. So consider this an invitation to submit your favorite lesson plans and resources. I’ll do the same.
Recently renewed interest in online educational resources (and a bit-o-Googling) led me to your site. A former teacher and webDev hobbyist, I am curious…
I am watching for Curriki.org to go live. I have even created a wiki to start some conversation about the space (what do we want, what do we need?). Would you be willing to join a wiki-conversation about education?
If you are curious, maybe you would visit Curriki Workshop, and share 2ยข about online curriculum development. What do you think should emerge from Curriki? BTW – XWiki is the wiki engine that Curriki is deploying, so by posting at Curriki Workshop, we can learn the wiki markup that will be in play once Curriki goes live.
Cheers.