User talk:Burkep

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Good luck! --Panic (talk) 03:33, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Concurrent Engineering
Professor Burke, I presume? I saw your book today, it's progressing very nicely. I'm an engineer myself (MSEE) so I can appreciate a well-written engineering book. We have so few of them! I put the template on your book to help alert people to it's existance. It should appear now in the new book list at Template:New. I may put a few other templates on the book here and there to make sure the book is properly marked and categorized. I'll try not to get in the way (unless you want me to!)

If you have any questions about the book or the website or anything, or if you need any help or support, don't hesitate to ask. Good luck, and happy editing! --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 22:20, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Wiki collaboration is a very new thing, teachers and students alike are rarely prepared for the new wiki environment. However, I will say that the benefits can be quite large: See books like Human Physiology (which has migrated to it's own dedicated wiki website) and Foundations of Education and Instructional Assessment (which is in it's fourth edition) for some of our best success stories. Students have the ability to learn not just by writing their own paragraphs, but also by reviewing and constructively criticizing those of others. Being asked to rephrase or clarify something can force a student to reformulate and reinforce those ideas in their own mind. So even if the going is tough, be assured that the results are very rewarding!
 * May I ask which University you are with? I would like to feature your work on my Wikibooks blog, if you don't mind. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 23:47, 19 February 2009 (UTC)