CARISSA TOMLINSON, MLISEMERGING TECHNOLOGIES LIBRARIANLIAISON TO GERONTOLOGY, NURSING,

HEALTH SCIENCES AND CULTURAL STUDIES

Wikis for the Classroom

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What is a Wiki?

A type of website that allows for easy editing, by one or more people. Wikipedia is an example Generally the administrator gets to decide who has permission

to do anything to the wiki. Can be created collaboratively or edited collaboratively, but

does not have to be collaborative.

Hawaiian for quick Also easy! Usually no need to know HTML or FTP programs

Great tool for many different educational needs

Class wiki Post links to assignments, exercises, announcements, etc-

similar to using Blackboard. Easily integrate multimedia

Video Photos RSS feeds from relevant journals, blogs, news sources Class calendar

Make it interactive Chat widget could be used for online office hours Post reading questions- require students to answer in the

comments of the wiki (students can then learn from one another)

Make a poll or a quiz that students can answer directly on the wiki

Class wiki examples

East Carolina University -English 1200 http://eng1200.wetpaint.com/

Hamilton Secondary College -Forensics http://hamiltoncsi.wetpaint.com/

National-Louis University - Children and Families Under Stress http://eustress.wetpaint.com/

Assignment/Exam Preparation Wiki

Focus your wiki on the major assignment or exam Assignment/exam information/instructions Multimedia options A place for students to ask questions to you and their

peers

Pediatric Education for DNBs http://dnbpediatrics.wetpaint.com/

Student Group Project Wiki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY Keep all work in one spot- don’t worry about

exchanging emails Keep research/bibliographic information in one spot Share a project calendar Brainstorming area – especially useful for web based

classes or classes without much group time Document tracking makes it easy to write a rough

draft and turn it into the final Keep all contact info accessible online

Faculty/ Staff Collaboration

Same idea as student project collaboration Good to used to create lesson plans Curriculum Committees

Does not have to be public

Wikis for education?

Allows for active learning through the interactive capabilities between students and/or students and teacher

Easy to use technology“Classroom” available anytime from anywhereNot ready to set one up for your class?

Encourage your students to use them for their group projects

Use existing wikis as learning tools http://anatowiki.wetpaint.com http://medicaleducation.wetpaint.com/

Wiki Platforms

Easy to use web based wikis: Wetpaint PBWiki SeedWiki Wikispaces

WetPaint Wikis – www.wetpaint.com

Easy to create and update pagesUse your own logoUse your own domainVariety of permissions settings- possible to

assign roles to each user/ creatorAbility to back up wiki by exporting content

to html documentEasy to navigate designAds will be removed when wikis are used for

educational purposes

Additional Resources

Brad Hemminger Cradle Talk: WIKIs in Education http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITqvFKb9BbA

Intro to Class Wikis with Wikispaces http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NRbbskf3cA

Creating a Classroom Wiki using Wetpaint Creating a wiki in Wetpaint

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqSfSPRLqQ Basic Editing of Wetpaint wikis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wDuj-jH-Zw Getting ads removed from Wetpaint wikis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbh-bHhYpB0