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[edit] Introduction

My name is Howard Noble, I live and work in Oxford, England. I work of the University of Oxford, researching and managing projects that support the modernisation of learning, research, teaching and adminstration. I am especially interested in how computer gaming technology will transform the notion of scholarship.

I have been using wikipedia for many years, and I am fascinated to observe how the projects are evolving. Using the mental model of the encyclopedia was an insightful move by wikpedians but I think this incredible global resource is destined to become much more than an a copy of the tradational paper-based format.

[edit] Favourite web sites

• Online journaling with Blogger: http://www.blogger.com/start
• Movie sharing with You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/
• Social bookmarking with del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us/hnoble
• Photo sharing with Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/
• And of course publishing with Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

[edit] Contributions to wikipedia

• I started Air quality in Oxford
• I contributed to Air pollution writing the UK section