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Collaborative Writing With Wikis. http://go.geneseo.edu/cwp. What is a Wiki?. How Does It Work?. What’s the Point?. Wikis are a powerful collaboration tool for students. promote accountability in collaboration. help classrooms become communities. Collaboration.
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What’s the Point? Wikis • are a powerful collaboration tool for students. • promote accountability in collaboration. • help classrooms become communities.
Collaboration • Group members can contribute 24/7. • The past is always present. • “Discussion” provides a way to manage talk about the project.
Accountability Wikis permit analysis of user statistics. • How many contributions has each user made? • What changes has each user made to each page?
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.
Challenges • Learning curve for faculty and students • Intimidation • Assigning credit for work
Solutions • Provide lots of help. • Screenshots • Screencasts • Fight intimidation with encouragement. • In grading, balance participation and quality.
Advantages Wikis are • more collaborative than blogs. • more focused than bulletin boards. • less ephemeral than either.
Wiki Software • Mediawiki • Kwiki • Dokuwiki
Hosted Wikis • PBWiki - pbwiki.com • Wikispaces - wikispaces.com • Wetpaint - wetpaint.com • Writeboard - writeboard.com
Enterprise Solutions • Socialtext - socialtext.com • Confluence - atlassian.com/software/confluence • LMS wikis - e.g., Angel
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