User:Cormaggio

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My name is Cormac Lawler. I did a PhD at the University of Manchester, on the process of setting up and developing Wikiversity. Previously, I've studied how the Wikipedia project is constructing a learning community as much as it is creating an encyclopedia, which was the basis for my M.Ed dissertation in Communication, Education and Technology (also in Manchester). I'm very interested in online collaboration and community building and I am particularly studying interpersonal dynamics, conflict resolution and identity within collaborative projects.

I can be contacted at cormaggio (at) gmail.com.

Cormaggio: wikiversity | meta | commons and others...

My research[edit]

Current (on Wikiversity)[edit]

v:Developing Wikiversity through action research - understanding and developing Wikiversity by participating in its development
Paper for Wikimania 2007: "Learning and learning about learning in Wikiversity"

On Wikipedia[edit]

Research on and around Wikipedia/wikis[edit]

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Interesting articles (or articles I am interested in)[edit]

General: Parable of the broken window, Mean center of U.S. population, Irish mythology, Blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China, Potemkin village, Elephant in the room, Degenerate art
Photography: Photogram, Anna Atkins, Mary Ellen Mark
Education: John Dewey, Paulo Freire, Lev Vygotsky, Etienne Wenger, Donald Schon, Constructionist learning, Constructivism (learning theory). See Wikipedia:WikiProject Education.
Places (add photos and info): Manchester (environs, local areas and local stuff), Dublin (photos), Ballymore Eustace (and Russborough House), Barcelona, Guatemala, Chiapas, Finland (Lahti)
Articles that are interesting but that I don't necessarily agree with: Tragedy of the commons
Articles I've read but that I'm slightly wary of: Transhumanism, 'Pataphysics, Free-market environmentalism
The world we live in: Hikikomori,
Stats (euch): Statistics, Probability distribution, Standard score, Student's t-test, Null hypothesis, List_of_statistical_topics, Category:Statistics

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People[edit]

My collection of Wikipedians - ooh
Wikipedia:Who&Why?
m:Power_structure
m:Wikipedia_sociology
m:User:Sj/structure
Wikipedia:Community_hash
I also think there could also be a something like a Wikipedia:Graveyard to parallel Missing_Wikipedians (no? too morbid? tell me..)

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