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As opposed to a blog being an "individual's online journal" (Fitzgibbon, 2010, p.13), a wiki is "...an open forum for a community to share ideas about a topic." This format is more user friendly than a blog too, allowing the information to be stored in pages rather than chronological order. Wikis allow editing of posts as opposed to blogs. Wikis also allow one to view all the changes made to it, which makes it an ideal tool for the Learning Manager who wants to monitor group work!
I have designed the (basic) outline of a project for a class using wiki. This is the kind of learning that wiki lends itself too...with a lot more scaffolding and consideration given to the learning design of course.
View my wiki here.
View a SWOT analysis on wikis by clicking here.
References
Fitzgibbon, K. (2010). Teaching with wiki, blogs, podcasts and more. New York: Scholastic Inc.
Here is a wiki I created for another subject. The wiki was used here solely as a presentation tool. View it here.
Hi Anita,
ReplyDeleteFirstly thanks for commenting on my blog - and I'm glad you like my movie making skills! After working with you in Second Language Teaching Methodologies and remembering how we were both novices in the world of Skype at that time, I'd like to follow your blog too as we continue our life-long learning journeys. In particular I wanted to check out your thinking on Wikis in the Classroom and Images because these are things that I am keen to use in my classroom (and Assessment 3!) but unfortunately no information is displayed when I sign in - just the heading and "Post a comment" sections. Any clues for me so that I can access your postings? Thanks (and it's good to be back in touch). Kim :)