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PANEL MEMBERS: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
J IANHAO CHEN, SMAT AREA COORDINATOR
TERESA SMITH, NURSING PROGRAM FACULTY
CRAIG LAMB, DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT
JOSHUA GAUL, O. I .T. INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIST
MODERATOR: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LISA RAPPLE, C.D.L . CURRICULUM DESIGN TEAM
Supporting Collaborative Initiatives in Wiki-mediated Environments:
A Panel Discussion
Overview of the program:
Lisa Rapple Intro: What is a WIKI? (student orientation video), and
Why choose a WIKI, educational implications?
Introduce the panel members.
Joshua Gaul – WIKI features that facilitate educators’ needs
Teresa Smith – Student collaborative work (Student Artifacts)
Jianhao Chen – Student feedback after using a WIKI
Craig Lamb – Professional development on a WIKI
Joshua Gaul – future of wiki-mediated tools at Empire State College
QUESTIONS FOR THE PANEL -
Who knows what a WIKI really is?
Educational Implications
of a WIKI?
Wiki-mediated learning environments facilitate social constructivist design models. The students are brought into close proximity with one another, the content, and the instructor so that collaborative learning activities that support improved learning outcomes are possible.
JoshGaul
TreSmith
JianhaoChen
CraigLamb
The technology exists
Students quality of
work improves
Students buy-in.
Great for colleagues
to collaborate.
Wiki Discussion Panel
Joshua Gaul - WIKI key functional features for educators’• Create a post with an image, a table, and a bulleted list.
• Edit that post after the fact.
• Go back and revert to the first version of the post.
• Edit another person's post. (Can they see who made which
edits?)
• Export a post as another format (PDF, doc, html - which ones
work?).
• Print a post - how's it look?
• Use the search function to find a post you have created.
• Add a member to the wiki giving them the lowest possible level
of access.
• Comment on someone else's post.
• Change the theme of the wiki.
• Make the wiki private.
• Make one page of the wiki private. (?)
• Wiki Taskforce, ESC 2011
Joshua Gaul - WIKI key functional features for educators’
Teresa Smith – Student collaborative work
http://www.wikispaces.com
Jianhao Chen – Student feedback on using a WIKI
Craig Lamb – Professional Collaboration on a WIKI
Based on the results of our project, Wikispaces has made us lean in its direction, however we have determined that a good solution for us would be to build this in-house. This is for a few reasons:
---Login is easier to handle if its within an already owned software (Open Atrium)
---We aren't sure of the immediate buy-in, so spending $6000 a year on an enterprise software
doesn't make sense to start. If we get lots of interest, we'll re- consider at that time.
---A little more control over use may ease the minds of end-users; we will offer this as an alternative option. If people would like to still use their existing wikis in Wikispaces, PBWiki, etc., they are welcome to.Wikispaces will be the best solution when we have a high volume of buy-in. For now, we can "duplicate" its capabilities in house, based on what you have told us are priorities in a tool like this. We are hoping to be setup for testing for the summer term or, at the latest, the fall term.
Wiki Taskforce, ESC 2011
Joshua Gaul –
Future of wiki-mediated tools at Empire State College
QUESTIONS FOR THE PANEL