Learn the IEEE Global History (GHN) goals, contents and features and will show how easy it is for IEEE members to log on and participate directly in creating the public historical record of electrical, electronics and computer technologies.

The IEEE (GHN) is a bold, new Web site dedicated to the histories of electrical, electronics and computer technologies. The IEEE GHN is a wiki like Wikipedia. But unlike Wikipedia, IEEE GHN encourages far more diverse historical content. Like Wikipedia, anyone can explore the IEEE GHN, but unlike Wikipedia, writing to the IEEE GHN is restricted to IEEE members, other technical authorities and professional historians. With the IEEE GHN, IEEE members can be active collaborators in the writing of history. They can share their past experiences in designing, developing, testing, manufacturing and commercializing new products and services. Users can also debate the history of technological progress. The IEEE GHN also empowers IEEE members to collaborate in documenting the histories of their societies, regions and sections.

Presenter

Dr. John Vardalas, IEEE History Center Outreach Historian

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