USDLA 2013 Session: Higher Ed Wikis: Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Committees, and Peer Editing
How can wikis be used in higher education? For collaboration, promoting critical thinking, managing committee work, and even peer editing! In this session, we will showcase a variety of wikis used at Andrews University, and share additional ideas for using wikis in face-to-face and distance classes.
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
- A directory of the best wikis on the Internet
Some Higher Education Wikis
- Bamboo DiRT: Digital research tools
- Slavistics: Slavic linguistics
- More from the Digital Humanities Commons
- Wetpaint’s list of higher education wikis
- University of Delaware wikis
- Wiki Frames: Structures for wikis
- Best Practice Models for eLearning Wikis
Some K12 Wikis
- K12 Examples of Educational Wikis
- Wikis in a K12 Classroom
- Another great list of K12 Wikis
- Flat Classroom 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)
- Writing documents collaboratively in higher education using traditional vs. wiki methodology (I): Qualitative results from a 2-year project study (2006)
- 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
Presentation PPT: Using a Wiki to Promote Collaboration and Critical Thinking
RT @outonalim: Blogged: Higher Ed Wikis at #usdla13: http://t.co/KJ53MD3k3O Resources for 10am session. Hope to see you there!