[elearning] Question and Answer sites (e.g. stackoverflow)

[Andrew Shortell]

Hi Victor
This sounds very interesting... I, and perhaps others?? ( I note Kevork's post on ITAPPS today) woudl be interested in some followup on this...  maybe a URL so we could lurk on your Open Source Q&A ...? or a blog url so we could follow you?

Andrew Shortell
soon to leave Wallan SC


On 19/11/2010, at 11:05 AM, Victor Rajewski wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm curious if anybody has used any sites or services such as stackoverflow for educational purposes. Stackoverflow is a community driven question-and-answer site for programming questions, but has spawned a number of offshoots. Users get points for different types of activity (posting, commenting, answering, voting), and can use accumulated points for 'bounties' on their questions (and a warm fuzzy feeling inside). Somewhat like a forum, but with a bit more of a social aspect, and reward aspect. 
> 
> If so, what have people's experiences been?
> 
> I'm going to introduce such a service to our school for next year (I'm using the OSQA system to run such a site locally) to see what happens - some faculties have been successfully subject-specific helpdesk-type forums this year, so this might replace them if things go well. I'm also hoping it will work alongside the other IT helpdesk resources.
> 
> There is a proposed site like this for pedagogy at the stack exchange http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/23685/pedagogy - have a look and vote for it if you think it would be useful.
> 
> Victor Rajewski
> IT Manager
> John Monash Science School
> +61 3 9902 9828
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