wikis work

WIKIS WORK

Anthony FontanaInstructor of ArtLearning TechnologistBowling Green State Universityanthonymfontana@gmail.com

WHAT’S A WIKI?

WIKI: is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser

WHAT’S A WIKI?

HOW WIKIS WORK?WIKIPEDIA is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 18 million articles (over 3.5 million in English) have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world, and almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site.

• Socially motivated• Peer produced• User verified

For more about wikis, Yochai Benkler, 2006 “Wealth of Networks,” Yale University Press

WIKI PEDAGOGY

• Academically motivated• Peer produced• Educator verified

http://2dfoundations.bgsu.wikispaces.net/

http://goo.gl/whZpb

WIKI WARRIORSDIVIDE:

• 2D Foundations – 15 week course • Students worked in teams of 3

• Writer• Editor• Graphics

• Topics (chapters) were decided beforehand• Each team assigned one sub-category per week

WIKI WARRIORSCONQUER:

Categories:• Methodologies• Visual Phenomenon

• Dominance• Golden Mean• Hierarchies (Rule of Thirds)• Fore-Mid-Backgrounds

• Areas of Focus• Scale• Definition• Balance

• Symmetry & Asymmetry• Positive & Negative

• Figure to Ground• Elements• Principles

WIKI WARRIORSCONQUER:

Categories:• Elements

• Line• Shape• Texture• Value• Color

• Principles • Dominance• Balance• Unity & Variety• Gestalt• Rhythm & Contrast• Spatial Illusion• Kinetic Illusion

WIKIS WORK

CREATING OUR OWN TEXTBOOK the students were able to build a resource library that accurately described and included visual examples the key concepts we were studying in class.

INFORMATION was taken from articles about art found on the web and link referenced on each page.

IMAGES were taken sources like Google Images, Flickr, and shot or created by students themselves.

INCLUDED each week in class was a presentation by one of the groups about their newest article.

INSTRUCTOR was able to use wiki as a catalyst for discussion about the article. Was it right? What needed changed? What would a better example look like?

WIKIS WORK

Bowling Green State UniversityBGSU.Wikispaces.net

Since 2009:• 2,500+ Users• 1,100+ Wikis Created• 38,500+ Edits

MOVING FORWARDBowling Green State University

• Lecture and presentation tool • Engage students

• Quiz or Polls w/ instant feedback• Allow discussion to happen

• “Back-channel chatroom”• Build wiki-like resource area

• Private or Public

QIXBOX

WIKIS WORK

Anthony FontanaInstructor of ArtLearning TechnologistBowling Green State Universityanthonymfontana@gmail.com