[elearning] A new resource for VCE students - Merspi

[James Spittal]

Correct - http://stackexchange.com created by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky.

It's very similar to the StackOverflow platform for programmers
(StackOverflow.com) if any of you have ever used that!

The biggest advantage over a typical 'discussion forum' is that the best
answers/questions are community-voted, rather than being aged out over time.
Plus, the website encourages the best responses with reputation points and
virtual badges.

Another great feature is that it can be used a knowledge base by browsing by
subject tag (e.g: Maths, English, IT-applications, etc.). This allows for
students to brush up on a particular topic and/or search for a particular
answer to their questions!

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James Spittal
Merspi

M: +61 424 699 838
E: jspittal at merspi.com
http://merspi.com


On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Hutchison, Geoffrey G <
hutchison.geoffrey.g at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

>  http://stackexchange.com/   I think
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> *From:* elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Roland Gesthuizen
> *Sent:* Sunday, 22 November 2009 2:22 PM
> *To:* elearning Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [elearning] A new resource for VCE students - Merspi
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> Interesting website, what did you use to build this?
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> 2009/11/18 James Spittal <jspittal at gmail.com>
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> Hello folks,
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> I'm a long time subscriber/reader of this mailing list and first time
> poster.
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> I wanted to let you all know about a new e-learning website which I have
> launched for VCE students called Merspi. It's a place where students and
> educators can ask VCE-related questions and have them answered by other
> members of the community. It's very Web 2.0 and it's a bit like Wikipedia,
> Digg and Blackboard all rolled into one.
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> Those of you interested in e-Learning or involved with teaching VCE
> students should check out the website: http://merspi.com
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> The community is still in the very early days (*we've been up and running
> for less than a month*) so we'd be really grateful to any teachers who
> check out the site and help pass it on to students who might be interested
> in using it. Deer Park Secondary College are currently including the
> resource as part of their VCE induction program.
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> The hope is that if it takes off, it could really provide a lot of value to
> students: especially those who are potentially unable to afford private
> tutoring or private schooling.
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> We're extremely happy to hear any feedback from the teacher community and
> please feel free to pass the website on to your anyone you think who may be
> interested.
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> Thanks.
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> Kindest Regards,
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> *—*
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> *James Spittal
> **Merspi*
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> M: +61 424 699 838
> E: jspittal at merspi.com
> http://merspi.com
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