GAiN Conference Presentation 2014: Wonderful Wikis: Supporting Learning and Collaboration
Wiki, wiki, quick, quick! Set up a website for learning or collaboration or both! See examples of wikis used to promote critical thinking, support collaborative work, manage committee work, and even for peer editing! We will examine different types of collaboration and the advantages and disadvantages of different wiki tools for different purposes. We will showcase a variety of wikis possibilities and discuss various wiki options such as the wiki within Moodle, wikispaces, pbworks, and others.
What are Wikis?
- Wikipedia
- WikiHow: The collaborative how-to manual
- Ubuntu Wiki: For the open source operating system Ubuntu
- Game wikis: Minecraft, World of Warcraft
- Wikibooks: Open content textbooks
- Adventist Youth Honors Featured Wikibook
Some Higher Education Wikis
- Bamboo DiRT: Digital research tools
- More from the Digital Humanities Commons
- University of Delaware wikis
- Wiki Frames: Structures for wikis
- Best Practice Models for eLearning Wikis
Some K12 Wikis
- K12 Examples of Educational Wikis
- Another great list of K12 Wikis
- A Week in the Life
- Flat Classroom Project Topics
- DigiTeen Example
Some Wikis I’ve Made
- MysteryQuest A simple event webpage, wiki used for ease of webpage editing
- Canadian Studies Videoconference: Used for event registration
- Plus the current committee and peer editing wikis
Using a Wiki in an Online Class
- AVLN Pathways Wiki: Participants contribute to resources & write their lesson plans on the wiki. Both are required assignments.
Wiki Hosting Sites
- Wikispaces
- PBWorks
- A comparison of wiki tools
- Wiki in Moodle 2.x (see the video)
- Wiki in Moodle 1.9
References
- West, J. A., & West, M. L. (2009). Using wikis for online collaboration. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. (Check it out from the library!)
- Collaborative learning the wiki way (2007)
- Using Wiki technology to support student engagement: Lessons from the trenches (2008) (assessment, course design, beliefs about teaching)
- The good, the bad and the wiki: Evaluating student-generated content for collaborative learning (2008)
- The impact of two types of peer assessment on students’ performance and satisfaction within a Wiki environment (2008)
- Google Scholar Search Results: wiki critical thinking higher ed