In EDUC 761 our class is reviewing various - Emerging Communication Tools and How They Might Influence Online Education in the Future. I have shared my experience with wiki and I have invited my colleagues to review the survey data on the left, leave a survey comment and post a comment as a reply.
Our reading and discussion in EDUC 762 has touched on peer to peer collaboration (our midterm is a good example of this), authentic and alternative assessment and recently, the challenges posed by 4 storms of E Learning that were predicted in 2004 and may already be here.
That said, after completing the survey to your left, if you would elaborate with a comment. You may reply to one prompt below or leave a comment based upon your own experience with wiki.
1. Of the benefits you identified in the survey, which is the most significant and why so you see this benefit as so important?
2. Are wiki now a part of your world as an instructor. If so, how do you use them. If not, are wiki evident in your various learning communities.
3. Share an example of peer to peer collaboration that you have used in the classroom (either face to face or online). Could a wiki have been used to support this collaboration?
4. Do you see wiki as an example of authenticity in activity or assessment? Why or why not.
I know you are all busy so thanks to those of you who take time to post a comment.
Greg@Az
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Are wiki now a part of your world as an instructor. If so, how do you use them. If not, are wiki evident in your various learning communities.
I just learned to use wikis during the E-learning course last semester and have been experimenting a bit with them. I have used them for group projects as students have evaluated photo sites on the web, as a place to review for tests as a class, and in a web design class as they created the top ten list of important things to include on a web site.
Good Luck. Kris@Dubai
Kris
Thanks so much for your feedback. Your innovation in integration of this new instructional technology would mark you as an early adopter.
That said, you use have used wiki as authentic assessment. Would you consider this assessment in your class "alternative" in the sense we are using it in EDUC 762?
Thank you for taking time to share your experience.
Good luck finding a group for the midterm. As I previously indicated, group 3 would love to have you as a teammate.
Greg@AZ
Greg,
I would use wiki in my online courses, yet I feel it must be implemented properly and not just to use the tool. I enjoyed the experience I had with the class wiki page and hope to use a page in my online course that launches in Fall.
Marsha Tweedy, WI
Marsha
Thanks for your thoughtful and cautious view of wiki as an appropriate instructional technology.
Greg@AZ
Having used a wiki now for several semesters, it is first an easy tool for students to get into and use. This is a huge plus and one that can easily be overlooked. Second, it allows students to see each other's writings (thoughts one hopes) and in that way stimulates cross-pollination of ideas. Online students last fall used it wonderfully with great content and often I found they referred back to other entries showing the interaction of ideas that takes place.
WuyiBlog (RE)
Thank you for your comment. As an experienced wiki user I appreciate your comments about user ease and the resulting motivation to improve collaboration.
Greg@AZ
1. Of the benefits you identified in the survey, which is the most significant and why so you see this benefit as so important?
SHELLEY: This is a too simplistic question. It depends on the learning objectives assigned to the activity that I'm using the wiki for. Right now I tend to really like wikis for the archival of learning over semesters; however, that implies it's collaborative and community building (again, over semesters with people who never "meet" one another). As a writing instructor...duh..."writing GOOD!"
2. Are wiki now a part of your world as an instructor. If so, how do you use them. If not, are wiki evident in your various learning communities.
SHELLEY: Wikis wikis everywhere. They have become a strong component of my professional identity and processes (as with blogs as well). I use them with classes, committees, workshops I'm facilitating (both to plan as well as deliver material for the workshop), and the learning community I'm currently a member of.
3. Share an example of peer to peer collaboration that you have used in the classroom (either face to face or online). Could a wiki have been used to support this collaboration?
SHELLEY: Peer review of writing projects in a wiki is always interesting. Using the page history is helpful for both the student to learn from their classmates as well as my tracking of student work. I also like having students co-develop resource pages using a wiki.
4. Do you see wiki as an example of authenticity in activity or assessment? Why or why not.
SHELLEY: both!
Shelley
Thank you so much for taking the time. As always a thoughtful, considered response which makes for a more inclusive consideration of the topic at hand, in this case wiki.
Your first point is significant, regardless of the activity or assessment it must be tied to an objective. Working from that perspective, I appreciate your description of your experience with wiki.
Greg@AZ
I would say the collaboration benefit would be significant. Everyone is not on the same time schedule and doesn’t operate on the same cycle – allowing flexibility is posting and inputs is a great teaching/learning tool.
Wiki is not now a part of my instructional world and to be honest this is the first time I have seen them used (outside of Wikipedia – which I did not allow students to use as a resource for papers).
Example of peer to peer collaboration was an internet chat room and also discussions in D2L and WebCT – I don’t think a wiki would have been useful but then I was not aware of them before now.
Do you see wiki as an example of authenticity in activity or assessment? No as it is too uncontrolled for my taste and comfort level.
Dr. Pat
Thanks for your assessment and candor in looking at wiki.
I think you make a point about the "uncontrolled" nature of wiki. This is really a characteristic of the tool that presents challenges to all who confront it.
Thanks for commenting.
Greg@AZ
Hi Greg,
For me collaboration is the most significant benefit to a wiki. Wiki’s are not currently a part of my world as an instructor at present. However, I would like to incorporate them as part of the debriefing forum to my clinical rotations. Wiki’s would provide a forum for the group of students for each clinical rotation, allowing them to collaborate on specific aspects of a particular case; thus forming a community of learners developing respect and the sharing of new ideas. I think wiki’s could be a form of authentic assessment with the right guidance and facilitation from the instructor.
Diane/WI
"debriefing forum" and "wiki’s could be a form of authentic assessment with the right guidance and facilitation"
Hi Diane
Thank you so much for taking time from your schedule to post. I can't imagine how you handle the responsibilities of work, your own classes and family with such grace.
Our nursing faculty are always on the move, not enough of them and far to many students.
Your first remark reflects the mainstream view of wiki use in instruction.
I am very interested in your second comment, however. It seems to me that, regardless of the tool, faculty facilitation is the key.
As I continue to work with wiki I'll share what I learn about this point.
Greg@AZ
1- Collaboration - Wikis allow multiple input of parallel importance. All contributing voices are heard.
2-No, not yet. I have not experienced wikis in my teaching. I am more likely to use blog format as I incorporate more tech in my courses.
3-Group critique of artwork - could be online via wiki after class hours.
4-Wiki can be authentic. It produces a product (not just a test) that can be applicable to 'real life.' The wiki, however doesn't make an activity authentic, but rather the scope and structure of the task (instructor or student defined).
Jason
Thanks for the comment. In regard to your discipline and your comment on point 3, my wife is taking a 2 dimensional design class through the art department at MCC. They use wiki for their class critiques on projects.
I understand that online sharing tools are becoming more prevalent in the art world, which confirms your comment about authenticity.
Greg@AZ
Hi Greg,
though I've used wikis in past online courses I felt that they were often not used to their full extent. Most of the time they were only used to demonstrate the basic functions of wikis.
I've read a lot about the use of wikis in education for a paper I wrote last summer and there were some great examples mentioned such as using wikis for collaborative work on textbooks. Thus, I'm sure that wikis will someday become an inherent part of instruction.
Eva @ Eau Claire
"I've read a lot about the use of wikis in education for a paper I wrote last summer and there were some great examples mentioned such as using wikis for collaborative work on textbooks."
Eva
Thanks for taking time to complete the survey and post this comment. Any change I might see a copy of your paper?
I am researching wiki for my group's midterm.
Greg@AZ
By far the most beneficial use of wiki would be the collaboration element. Though I don't currently use this in my instruction, I can see its value and will strongly consider implementing wiki's into my program line-up.
Greg,
It was great to see how you were able to place your survey directly in your blog with immediate results - very effective! I haven't tried this before.
When conducting a survey I would suggest that you 'build' one question upon another or construct the survey so that questions are provided by categories - so that you are adding clarity to your intentions while learning from the participant. Make sense?
Datta Kaur
Datta Kaur
Thank you for the compliment and excellent suggestion. The work here reflects my lack of experience in construction of survey and integration into a larger context so your comment makes sense and is very on target.
Thanks
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