Show HN: Mapedia.org – A Crowdsourced Learning Map Hi HN! We're happy to announce the launch of Mapedia.org, an open source crowdsourced learning map! Mapedia is a new kind of learning platform at the crossroad between Wikipedia, Google Maps and Khan Academy: a learning map built collaboratively to support online learners to learn any topic seamlessly. We built an interactive learning map of topics to be able to visualize the different fields of knowledge, what concepts are included in them and how they relate to each other. This allows for curiosity based exploration, identifying knowledge gaps (unknown unknowns) and figuring out what to learn next (and in which order). For each topic you can then find community and expert curated resources, learning advices and smart recommendations in order to learn as efficiently as possible. We want people to spend time learning rather than figuring out how to learn, and in particular to empower self-directed learners. The idea came out of the frustration and inefficiency of learning online, and I've been working on it for 2 years now. The vision in itself for it is not so new, Mapedia is rather a different take on it that particularly believes in the potential of crowdsourcing and online communities. Our roadmap includes implementing learning groups based on shared goals rather than shared course/learning material, customizable "constructive" feeds of learning materials and adaptive learning paths. The topic map is obviously far from complete and we are still in the early product iterations, but you can checkout a few examples here: https://ift.tt/tWH8cyF -> The explore map from the top level topics https://ift.tt/bXaSORe... -> the map focused on functional programming, showing how concepts relate to each other https://ift.tt/IgnpAh5... -> the page for the functional programming topic, with curated resources https://ift.tt/fiSktF5... -> an example of a learning path (this feature is in a very alpha version) Let us know what you think! We're very open to feedback and suggestions https://mapedia.org/ July 16, 2022 at 12:27AM
Women Pioneers at Muni: Adeline Svendsen and Muni’s First Newsletter By Jeremy Menzies To close out Women’s History Month, here’s a look back at one woman whose work to bring Muni staff together in the late 1940s created a legacy that lives on to this day. Adeline “Addy” Svendsen was founding editor of Muni’s first internal newsletter, “ Trolley Topics .” Adeline Svendsen sits at her desk in the Geneva Carhouse office building in this 1949 shot. Trolley Topics was a new venture when it started in February 1946. As Svendsen wrote in the first issue it was created, “to bring a little fun, a little news, and a lot of good will to all our fellow employees in the Railway.” Just two years prior in 1944, Muni merged with the Market Street Railway Company, expanding the small municipal operation into the largest transit provider in the city with hundreds of employees, vehicles of every shape and size, and dozens of facilities scattered across town. The newsletter was meant to help unite ...
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