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A multidimensional, multimedia, self-adaptive, collective learning tool.

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 '''About the Purdue Kiwi Project '''
-* What is a kiwi?
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-== What is a Kiwi? ==
-A '''Kiwi''' is a student-driven internet-based learning tool. More precisely, it is a repository of linked multimedia content collectively created by students.  The design and underlying software are also controlled by students.
-== Why the name “Kiwi”? ==
-Because, in a sense, the '''Kiwi''' is the opposite of a wiki page in Wikipedia: while the goal of a wiki page is to have knowledgeable people collectively build an authoritative reference on a subject, the goal of the kiwi is to have people who, a priori, know nothing about a subject collectively build their own learning resource. The end result is very different: instead of a single, agreed upon reference, we end up with a pot pourri of information. The navigational challenges presented by the latter illustrate the true nature of the problem of learning in the real world.