for Effective Teaching through Online Environments

Workshop: Promoting Collaboration with Wikis

Overview

This brief hybrid workshop will help you understand the wiki concept and provide valuable ideas for putting wikis to work in your online course.

Initial Activity

Write down a brief response to the following questions:

  1. Why is collaboration important in online learning?
  2. What tools would best facilitate collaborative learning in an online course? Why?

eClip - Wikis in Plain English

Video Transcript

Reflection Activity

Think, Pair & Share

What are some ideas for implenting Wikis in an online course? Can Wikis replace any current tools you are using for collaboration? Can Wikis replace any of the tools you brainstormed during the Initial Activity? Record your ideas then pair with a partner and share your thoughts.

Followup Resources

50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative & Interactive Classroom

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative - 7 Things You Should Know About Wikis

EDUCAUSE Pocket Edition #6 – Uses of Wikis (mp3 clip)

Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.