Teaching & Learning with Wikis
From Mediawiki:HELP
A Wiki can serve as a collaboration and/or content management tool.
Collaboration, on the creation and management of information, makes the most of its unique capabities.
Collaborative Activities
Features that support collaboration:
- group editing
- history and version tracking
- communication (suggestions, feeback, questions, explanations, etc) through Talk pages
- ability to revert to an earlier version
- ease of use
For example:
* Resource page contributions (students contribute and organize various resources to support a topic)
* Group writing projects (for example, see the two course wikis below)
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Content Management
Content that is searchable and trackable
- syllabus
- notes
- links
- etc.
For example:
Additional Resources:
- Using a Wiki and/or Blog For Course Provides practical tips for selection and planning the use of wikis or blogs in your course.
- Using Wiki in Education
