Wikiversity is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation that provides free learning materials, courses and a space for collaborative research. It was approved by the foundation in 2006 after a trial period, and the English version opened that summer. Unlike Wikipedia, which contains encyclopaedic articles, Wikiversity holds lessons, exercises, lecture notes and projects, which are written by volunteers, with the aim of supporting learning at all levels. It is available in many languages, though most editions are small, and the English one is the largest. Like other Wikimedia projects, it is released under free licences, and it is much less visited than Wikipedia.
Before and after
- 22 July 2006Construction of Emirates Stadium
- 23 July 2006Creation of Rust
- 7 August 2006Discovery of C/2006 P1
- 10 August 2006Discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb
- 15 August 2006Release of Wikiversity
- 24 August 2006Pluto is reclassified as a dwarf planet
- 27 August 2006Release of Roblox
- 30 August 2006Death of Naguib Mahfouz
- 18 September 2006SN 2006gy
More in Science & technology
- 1945Invention of computer
- 1964Discovery of rutherfordium
- 29 October 1969Invention of Internet
- 18 February 1970Discovery of dubnium
- July 1974Discovery of seaborgium
- 1984Discovery of hassium
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 21st century.