Administrator and alumnus retires after 51 years

Administrator and alumnus retires after 51 years
Professors aren’t the only ones with knowledge and experience on this campus.

Recently retired administrator Leo Sweeney has seen UMKC through 51 years of invaluable service (not to mention his years as a student) and provides an example of the variety of assets our university offers its students.

The Wiki: An Environment For Scholarly Conversation and Publishing

A “wiki is a … collaborative space … because of its total freedom, ease of access, and use, [and] simple and uniform navigational conventions … .” “[It] … is also a way to organize and cross-link knowledge …” Ward Cunningham, Father of The Wiki (Leuf and Cunningham, 2001, 16). Most wikis provide the user with a set of navigation or utility tools such as the ability to create and edit a page, view recently changed pages, and rollback to previous page versions. In addition, many wikis include a discussion forum for proposed page changes.

Among its many perceived benefits are its potential for facilitating a more creative environment and expanding knowledgebase, and a significant ability to harness the power of diverse point-of-views in creating collaborative works.

In this presentation, we will speculate on the Wiki as a digital environment that not only supports current scholarly practices, but more importantly, offers a framework for their enhancement and transformation.

[http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Science21StCentury2008.ppt]

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