Building Community Online, Part 3: Wikis for Collaborative Knowledge

Micah OrloffMay 1, 2008

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Wiki in Education Agenda

Overview

Uses in Education

Challenges/Concerns

Resources

Let’s Wiki

What is Wiki?web pages designed to allow multiple

users contribute to the pages

Wiki & Web 2.0

Debate on definition – Web 2.0 refers to the improvements of the way the web is use

Key principles of web 2.0 applications:Web as a platform

Collaborative/participatory natureEase of learning curve by end-users

Image source: http://blaugh.com/2006/10/23/web-two-point-ohhhh/

Common Wiki CharacteristicsOpen

Incremental

Organic

Precise

Universal

Observable

Interactive

Collaborative

Requires Trust

Adapted from Ward Cunningham’s Wiki Design Principles: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiDesignPrinciples

Wikipedia.orgFusion of words wiki and encyclopedia

Community developed reference site

2,354,668 articles in English10,000,000 articles in more than 250

languages 75,000 active contributors

684 million visitors annuallyDoes not require special credentials

to edit

Uses in EducationSimple website creation

Project development

Group authoring

Project tracking

Presentations

http://www.wikiineducation.com/display/ikiw/Ways+to+use+wiki+in+education

Easy Website CreationFaculty

– Creating course information(syllabus, policies, FAQs)

– Create instructional pages(lectures, activities, training)

Student– Create student websites

Individual Project Development

Centralized Production

Peer review

Simple version management

Group AuthoringTraditional – email– Versioning issues– Limits collaboration

Traditional Wiki

Wiki– Organizes evolution– Centralized– Promotes collaboration

PresentationsReplaces presentation software

(PowerPoint, Keynote)

Centralized

Example:http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/BlogsWikisVPL

By Brian Lamb of Univ. of British Columbia

Courses/Projects Using WikiRheingold’s Participatory Media Literacy

https://www.socialtext.net/medialiteracy/index.cgi

Davis and Lindsay’s Flat Classroom Projecthttp://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/

Schacht’s Collaborative Writing Projecthttp://node51.cit.geneseo.edu/WIKKI_TEST/mediawiki/index.ph

p/Main_Page

Challenges/ ConcernsFreebies: not public

service

Authority of content

Trust

Copyright/Licensing

Security

Technology adoption cycle

Image source: http://blaugh.com/2006/10/13/the-whole-internet-truth/

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In House

Additional Resources• Lee Lefever’s Wiki’s in Plain English video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY • Ward Cunningham’s Wiki Principles

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiDesignPrinciples• Ways to use Wiki in Education

http://www.wikiineducation.com

Let’s Wiki! Q & A• Create pbwiki demo• Visit http://ccconewiki.pbwiki.com• Add question or comment using Edit and Invite Key

Evaluation Survey Link

http://tinyurl.com/27jw3k

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