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Wikis to Increase Student Engagement

Wikis to Increase Student Engagement. ILTL 2009 Summer Conference June 24, 2009 David Thomson University of Denver http://snipurl.com/ILTL09. Outline. Teaching before Technology What’s a Wiki? Admin Law Sucks Wikis in Admin Law Other uses for wikis in law teaching Roll your own.

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Wikis to Increase Student Engagement

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  1. Wikis to Increase Student Engagement • ILTL 2009 Summer Conference • June 24, 2009 • David Thomson • University of Denver • http://snipurl.com/ILTL09

  2. Outline • Teaching before Technology • What’s a Wiki? • Admin Law Sucks • Wikis in Admin Law • Other uses for wikis in law teaching • Roll your own

  3. Teaching before Technology • Substance in context • Collaborative learning • Engagement • Teach Research • The Hypertext mind

  4. What’s a Wiki? • Web-based collaborative writing tool • Wikipedia • It’s just software • Many different flavors • Blackboard add-on

  5. Admin Law Sucks • Can be a dry and abstract subject • Substantive law adds extra complexity • Students often hate it • Lack of connection with practice • Hard to get/prepare an outline

  6. Admin Law Wiki #1 • For Group Research Projects • 5 students on 10 Federal Agencies • Given list of items to research • Wiki created and presented every week • 20% of the grade • Let’s take a look...

  7. Admin Law Wiki #2 • For the outline for the course • Final exam: Outline and Text only • Nearly all students participated • 10% of the grade • Let’s take a look...

  8. Other Applications • Knowledge Management • Legal Writing and Analysis • Group projects of any sort • Others?

  9. Small Group Discussion • In groups of 3, discuss: • other uses of wikis for your law teaching • Report out: • Type of course • Educational goal • How to use a wiki to achieve that goal

  10. Roll your own • PBWorks • Wetpaint • Clearwiki • Wikispaces

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