Worldwide Interactions for Science, Education and Research in Universities (WISER-U)
Background
We are living in a world with increasing challenges such as the lack of energy, the pollution of the environment, the crisis of economics and the global burst of epidemics. Creative ideas and responsible change makers are the keys to meet these serious challenges and continuously improve human society. However, the existing education and research environments are far from ideal incubators for great ideas or active change makers. Nowadays students and researchers have to spend too much time and energy to find good education resources, share ideas with proper people or do collaborative research effectively. This situation has to be changed to release the repressed creativity of human society.
Ultimate goal
We are dedicated to developing cutting-edge information technologies and real-life communities to improve the sharing of resource and creativity in education and research. Everyone in the world, no matter where they live and what languages they speak, should have access to the best education resources, find the right people to share ideas and collaborate on learning or research projects, and eventually to use their collective intelligence and actions to solve the increasing challenges the world faces.
Principle of WISER-U:
Non-profit, Open-source and Collaborative.
Challenges and Chances of Education in the 21st century – François Taddéi
website:
http://wiser-u.net
http://wiser-u.net/wiki/doku.php
http://wiser-u.net/wiki/the_announcement_of_wiser-u_project
