A Successful Pedagogical Experiment: Using Wikis in Academic Lectures Gabriela GROSSECK Senior...
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A Successful Pedagogical Experiment: Using Wikis in Academic Lectures Gabriela GROSSECK Senior lecturer, Ph.D. West University of Timisoara 12-13 April
A Successful Pedagogical Experiment: Using Wikis in Academic
Lectures Gabriela GROSSECK Senior lecturer, Ph.D. West University
of Timisoara 12-13 April eLSE07 Bucharest
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Gabriela Grosseck, 12-13 April 2007 eLSE07 Bucharest What is a
wiki? Wiki =quick (in Hawaiian) A website in which content can be
created and edited by a community of users (often without need for
special privileges) Software that allows people with no knowledge
of HTML or other programming languages to create and/or edit a
website
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Gabriela Grosseck, 12-13 April 2007 eLSE07 Bucharest The
largest wiki: WiKIPEDIA Best example is Wikipedia Wikipedia is: A
free encyclopedia Multilingual Web-based Written collaboratively by
volunteers Most articles can be changed by anyone Wikipedia has
more than 3 million articles
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Gabriela Grosseck, 12-13 April 2007 eLSE07 Bucharest Wiki
technology Wiki Wikipedia Enables people to work collaboratively
You can learn to use a wiki in 30-60 min. Many different programs
to choose from There are several free sources for wikis (~200)
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Gabriela Grosseck, 12-13 April 2007 eLSE07 Bucharest Why wiki?
/ Why not wiki? Easy to use Web-based Simple software commands
Anyone can make changes Flexible and easy to add content to Harness
collective intelligence! Can help develop a culture of sharing and
working together (cf. open source) The success of the Wikipedia may
not necessarily be replicated elsewhere. Vandalism and spam
Disorganized Too open/ not enough control of content There may be
copyright and other legal issues regarding collaborative content
There is not (yet) a standard lightweight Wiki markup language
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Gabriela Grosseck, 12-13 April 2007 eLSE07 Bucharest Ways to
use Wiki in education Students can use a wiki to develop research
projects. Students can add summaries of their thoughts from the
prescribed readings. A wiki can be used for publishing course
resources like syllabi and handouts. Teachers can use wikis as a
knowledge base. Wikis can be used to map concepts (brainstorming,
linked network of resources). A wiki can be used as a presentation
tool in place of conventional software. Wikis are tools for group
authoring. Victoria A. Davis, 2006
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Gabriela Grosseck, 12-13 April 2007 eLSE07 Bucharest Why I
wanted to use a wiki Students experience a technology they probably
hadnt encountered before Students learn about collaborative sense-
making Huge potential for building community
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Gabriela Grosseck, 12-13 April 2007 eLSE07 Bucharest Using
Wikis to Build Learning Communities
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Gabriela Grosseck, 12-13 April 2007 eLSE07 Bucharest Why I use
Wikispaces.com?
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Gabriela Grosseck, 12-13 April 2007 eLSE07 Bucharest http://
OraDeInfo.Wikispaces.com
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Gabriela Grosseck, 12-13 April 2007 eLSE07 Bucharest
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Why follow the wiki way? achieving knowledge in efficient use
of the Internet developing relational and communication competences
in virtual space forming of specific attitudes regarding the Web
2.0 technologies (wiki, blog, RSS, social bookmarking etc.)
developing/improving digital competences for individuals and groups
the students can exercise their most important competence - the
competence of creating content
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Gabriela Grosseck, 12-13 April 2007 eLSE07 Bucharest Why follow
the wikispaces way? organizing, cooperating and interpersonal
relation competences developing formative and informative valences
for the students, critical thinking and creativity involving the
students in taking decisions participating learning and learning by
discovering in on-line environment building a learning
community!
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Gabriela Grosseck, 12-13 April 2007 eLSE07 Bucharest Lessons
learned Dont be afraid to experiment! Be flexible! Get feedback
from users! Dont get frustrated! Learn how to use this powerful
content management!!
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Q&A Thank you ! Gabriela GROSSECK West University of
Timisoara Faculty of Sociology and Psychology Department of Foreign
Languages and Social Informatics 4 Bd. V. Parvan, office 029 300223
Timisoara, Romania phone: 0040-256-592.266 fax: 0040-256-592.320
email: [email protected] blog:
http://grosseck.blogspot.com