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George Siemens, a Common card
George Siemens is a Canadian expatriate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Arlington and professor and director of the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning at the University of South Australia.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 38
- Power
- 90
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,500
Power 90 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
George Siemens quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Siemens card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He played a role in the early development of ______ online open courses.
Answer
massive. He played a role in the early development of massive online open courses. From the George Siemens article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Maclyn McCarty. Maclyn McCarty 59 · Samuel Morland 56 · George Siemens 52 · Saignon 46 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is known for his theory of connectivism, which seeks to understand learning in the digital age.
- He played a role in the early development of massive online open courses.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Siemens article was read about 4,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 38: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get George Siemens
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- Michael J. McCulleyCommon · History · ATK 57 DEF 33
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Siemens (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Stephen Downes, CC BY 1.0, Wikimedia Commons.
