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Collaborative Writing With Wikis

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http://go.geneseo.edu/cwp

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What is a Wiki?

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How Does It Work?

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What’s the Point?

Wikis • are a powerful collaboration tool for students.

• promote accountability in collaboration.

• help classrooms become communities.

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Collaboration

• Group members can contribute 24/7.

• The past is always present.• “Discussion” provides a way to manage talk about the project.

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Collaboration

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Accountability

Wikis permit analysis of user statistics.

• How many contributions has each user made?

• What changes has each user made to each page?

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Accountability

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Accountability

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Accountability

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Community

Wikis • encourage students to think in terms of community learning outcomes.

• encourage students to see their strengths as a community asset.

• underscore the power of combining assets.

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Kinds of Wiki Projects

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Articles and Essays

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Articles and Essays

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Annotated Texts

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Annotated Texts

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Annotated Bibliographies

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Dictionaries

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Dictionaries

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Study Guides

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Challenges

• Learning curve for faculty and students

• Intimidation• Assigning credit for work

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Solutions

• Provide lots of help. Screenshots Screencasts

• Fight intimidation with encouragement.

• In grading, balance participation and quality.

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Advantages

Wikis are• more collaborative than blogs.• more focused than bulletin boards.

• less ephemeral than either.

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Wiki Software

• Mediawiki• Kwiki• Dokuwiki

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Hosted Wikis

• PBWiki - pbwiki.com• Wikispaces - wikispaces.com• Wetpaint - wetpaint.com• Writeboard - writeboard.com

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Enterprise Solutions

• Socialtext - socialtext.com• Confluence - atlassian.com/software/confluence

• LMS wikis - e.g., Angel

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Learn and Share

ikiw.orgrowingalone.pbwiki.com