Slide 1:A Wookie? A Wiki? A What? Anna Gilbert CI - 5630 Fall 2008 ? ? ? ? ? ?


Slide 2:There is a solution!


Slide 3:It’s a Wiki! What ? What is it?


Slide 4:A Wiki is a… A free on-line content management system • Allows people to collaboratively develop a website without needing to be tech-savvy • Wiki = quick (in Hawaiian) All community members can add to or edit the work of others A wookie? A wiki? A what?


Slide 5:Wiki structure • Wiki starts as a blank slate • Pages are created and connected by hyperlinks • No ownership, anyone can change the work of others What does it look like?


Slide 6:Why Wiki? As the internet has grown, new technologies such as blogs and wikis provide new ways to help people communicate and learn (Goodwin-Jones, 2003). Wikis in particular actively involve learners in their own construction of knowledge (Boulos, Maramba, & Wheeler, 2006). Wikis enhance collaborative communication and cooperative learning among students, and promote cooperation rather than competition (De Pedro et al., 2006).


Slide 7:They Could By: Using it as a collaborative handout for students. During writing by having student created books and journaling. (i.e. Wikibooks) Create and maintain a classroom FAQ As a classroom discussion and debate area. A place to aggregate web resources. Or to have students choose a topic on Wikipedia, break the topic into facts, students verify the facts using their information literacy skills, and make changes accordingly (Citing sources). Do other classes use wikis?


Slide 8:What have you done with wiki? Ourlandia – group project reflection Learning Goes Up Excitement Increases It breeds experts Student participation tracking Teacher can control who joins and edits A great “scrapbook” for digital artifacts Learning Theory at Work


Slide 9:How does it connect with our learning? Wikis are one way in which students can begin to develop, practice, and master these “21st Century Skills”. As educators we have a responsibility to teach our students the skills necessary to succeed in an ever-changing environment.  Some of these skills include : Problem Solving Critical Thinking Effective Communication Effective Collaboration Self-directed Learning Self-motivated learning Information Literacy Innovativeness Global Awareness Global Citizenship Wikis can be connected to almost any topic for learning


Slide 10:Teacher created content A Wiki Instructional Approach


Slide 11:Will you Wiki? I would because: It is relatively simple technology Promotes "real-world" collaboration skills Fosters richer communication Pools strengths of many Assessable, easy to track I am concerned about: Security/safety issues Labor for moderator Combating "Copy and paste” Yes! No…..Maybe!?


Slide 12:In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. Eric Hoffer


Slide 13:References Goodwin-Jones, B.(2003). Blogs and wikis: Environments for on-Line collaboration , Language Learning & Technology, 7 (2) 12-16. Boulos, M.N.K., Maramba, I., & Wheeler, S. (2006). Wikis, blogs and podcasts: A new generation of Webbased tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education, BMC Medical Education, 6(41). Retrieved September 21, 2008from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6920-6-41.pdf De Pedro, X., Rieradevall, M., López, P., Sant, D., Piñol, J., Núñez, L., et al. (2006). Writing documents collaboratively in Higher education (I): Qualitative results from a 2-year project study. Congreso Internacional de Docencia Universitaria e Innovación (International Congress of University Teachingand Innovation), Barcelona: July 5-7. Retrieved September 21, 2008 from http://uniwiki.ourproject.org/tiki-download_wiki_attachment.php?attId=98&page=Uniwiki- Congressos