I used this PPT in a 30-minute presentation for the SYMPOSIUM ON TEACHING & LEARNING at the University of the Pacific. The purpose was to introduce higher ed faculty to the wiki tool
3. Learning Outcomes At the end of today’s session, you’ll be able to: Describe a wiki & ways to incorporate into class Identify the benefits of using wikis Describe at least one way to integrate wikis into teaching
7. Evaluate Exercise What worked? What did you like? What might be some disadvantages to this exercise?
8. How Wiki Tool Overcomes the Disadvantages of Flip Charts Can access & update from anywhere, anytime Easy to see who participated Content can be negotiated Easy to revise & edit Information is easy to recover (so it’s okay to make a mistake!) Students take ownership
9. Examples Introductions Teachable Moments: Alphabetical Order, Comment Feature, Oops – I erased the wiki! Committee Assignments Chapter Summaries Who contributed? Article Critiques
Negotiate contentHigh level of engagementSmall group interactionAddressing important question – can see multiple points of viewDISADVANTAGESNo permanent record – record is time & place bound: hard to carry around the flip chartsMultiple versions of the responses – can’t see everyone else’s workCan’t track chagnes – when priorities were shifted, it’s not clear how they shifted & what happened to earlier versionIt’s difficult to judge the level of participation or the quality of an individual’s contributions
IntroductionsTeachable Moments: Alphabetical Order, Comment Feature, Oops – I erased the wiki!Committee AssignmentsChapter SummariesWho contributed?Article Critiques