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Building Community Online, Part 3:
Wikis for Collaborative Knowledge
Micah Orloff
May 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 nature
Ease of learning curve by end-users
Image source: http://blaugh.com/2006/10/23/web-two-point-ohhhh/
Common Wiki Characteristics
Open
Incremental
Organic
Precise
Universal
Observable
Interactive
Collaborative
Requires Trust
Adapted from Ward Cunningham’s Wiki Design Principles: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiDesignPrinciples
Wikipedia.org
Fusion of words wiki and encyclopedia
Community developed reference
site
2,354,668 articles in English
10,000,000 articles in more than 250
languages
75,000 active contributors
684 million visitors annually
Does not require special credentials
to edit
Uses in Education
Simple website creation
Project development
Group authoring
Project tracking
Presentations
http://www.wikiineducation.com/display/ikiw/Ways+to+use+wiki+in+education
Easy Website Creation
Faculty
– 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 Authoring
Traditional – email
– Versioning issues
– Limits collaboration
Traditional
Wiki
– Organizes evolution
– Centralized
– Promotes
collaboration
Wiki
Presentations
Replaces presentation software
(PowerPoint, Keynote)
Centralized
Example:
http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/BlogsWikisVPL
By Brian Lamb of Univ. of British Columbia
Courses/Projects Using Wiki
Rheingold’s Participatory Media Literacy
https://www.socialtext.net/medialiteracy/index.cgi
Davis and Lindsay’s Flat Classroom Project
http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/
Schacht’s Collaborative Writing Project
http://node51.cit.geneseo.edu/WIKKI_TEST/mediawiki/index.ph
p/Main_Page
Challenges/ Concerns
Freebies: 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/
How Can I Get One?
Free hosts (ad supported)
Service Plans available for
more features and support
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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