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This Wiki is an invitation to collaborate on building a learning and research environment based on Yochai Benkler's book, The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom.

Read =

Wiki: summaries, commentary, downloads
PDF
HTML
Hardcopy (from Amazon)
Translations

Using this wiki

The basic idea is to make this Wiki a place for at least five things:

Collaborate on writing a summary of the ideas and claims of the book (see Table of Contents)
Collaborate on writing commentaries and elaborating and refining the presentation
Provide an easy platform through which to access underlying research materials:
- those used in the book's notes
- and resources that are useful for further research, refinement, and updating
Describe, link to, and analyze examples of the phenomena the book describes
- The purpose is not to “make the case” for the book or find “gotcha” counter examples. What we are trying to do is provide a real research tool, annotated bibliography, and platform for collaborative learning. Examples and counter-examples should be selected and described with that purpose in mind.
Demonstrate and discover what is valuable in a learning platform
- Through separate pages devoted to ideas and experiments of what can be done with an online book to make it a learning platform, we hope to expand the range of uses to which this Wiki can be available.
- Through creative, systematic and interactive uses of this wiki, we hope to enhance our individual and collective skills & experience in a wiki world

Growing this Wiki

Growing this Wiki: Ideas for how to help the wiki grow and be useful
Remixes

A Wiki User's Guide

See the User's Guide for usage and configuration help.

Please use the Sandbox for experiments and to get acquainted with this wiki.

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-== Wealth of Networks WikiNotes ==
+This Wiki is an invitation to collaborate on building a learning and research environment based on Yochai Benkler's book, ''The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom''.
-=== Welcome to the Wealth of Networks WikiNotes ===
+== Read ===
-This Wiki is an invitation to collaborate on building a learning and research environment based on Yochai Benkler's book, '''The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom'''.
-=== Read the Wealth of Networks ===
+* [[Table of Contents|Wiki]]: summaries, commentary, downloads
+* [[Download PDFs of the book|PDF]]
+* [http://habitat.igc.org/wealth-of-networks HTML]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300110561/sr=8-1/qid=1140626021/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-8246423-0950353?%5Fencoding=UTF8 Hardcopy (from Amazon)]
+* [[Translations]]
-:* Use the [[Table of Contents]] to access summaries, use the Wiki, and get usable downloads
+== Using this wiki ==
-:* [[Download PDFs of the book]]
+The basic idea is to make this Wiki a place for at least five things:
-:* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300110561/sr=8-1/qid=1140626021/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-8246423-0950353?%5Fencoding=UTF8 Order a hardcopy on Amazon]
+# Collaborate on writing a summary of the ideas and claims of the book (see [[Table of Contents]])
+# Collaborate on writing commentaries and elaborating and refining the presentation
-:* Read an offsite [http://habitat.igc.org/wealth-of-networks formatted HTML version of the book]
+# Provide an easy platform through which to access underlying research materials:
-:* [[Translations]]
+#* those used in the book's notes
+#* and resources that are useful for further research, refinement, and updating
-=== Uses of this Wiki space ===
+# Describe, link to, and analyze examples of the phenomena the book describes
+#* The purpose is not to “make the case” for the book or find “gotcha” counter examples.  What we are trying to do is provide a real research tool, annotated bibliography, and platform for collaborative learning. Examples and counter-examples should be selected and described with that purpose in mind.
-The basic idea is to make this Wiki a place where people who read the book can do at least five things.
+# Demonstrate and discover what is valuable in a learning platform
+#* Through separate pages devoted to ideas and experiments of what can be done with an online book to make it a learning platform, we hope to expand the range of uses to which this Wiki can be available.
-* First, collaborate on writing a summary of the ideas and claims of the book, as an initial point of entry.
+#* Through creative, systematic and interactive uses of this wiki, we hope to enhance our individual and collective skills & experience in a wiki world
-:* Visit the [[Table of Contents]] and elaborate chapter summaries
-* Second, collaborate on writing commentaries on the book and elaborating and refining its presentation
-* Third, provide an easy platform through which to access underlying research materials:
-:* both those used in the book's notes, and more importantly,
-:* resources that are useful for further research, refinement, and updating.
-* Fourth, the Wiki should be a place where participants can describe, link to, and analyze examples of the phenomena the book describes.
-:* The purpose is not to “make the case” for the book or find “gotcha” counter examples.
-:* What we are trying to do is provide a real research tool, annotated bibliography, and platform for collaborative learning.
-:* Examples and counter-examples should be selected and described with that purpose in mind.
-* Fifth, the Wiki is itself a learning platform about what is valuable in a learning platform.
-:* Through separate pages devoted to ideas and experiments of what can be done with an online book to make it a learning platform, we hope to expand the range of uses to which this Wiki can be available.
-:* Through creative, systematic and interactive uses of this wiki, we hope to enhance our individual and collective skills & experience in a wiki world
 === Growing this Wiki ===
-: [[Growing this Wiki]]: Ideas for how to help the wiki grow and be useful
+* [[Growing this Wiki]]: Ideas for how to help the wiki grow and be useful
+* [[Remixes]]
-:[[Remixes]]
 === A Wiki User's Guide ===
-: See the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.
+See the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for usage and configuration help.
-: Please use the [[Sandbox]] for experiments and to get acquainted with this wiki.
+Please use the [[Sandbox]] for experiments and to get acquainted with this wiki.
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