The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai Mathieu Plourde, University of Delaware Josh Baron, Marist College Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Accessing Our Session’s Wiki During this session, you will have access to a wiki: – –Conference Sessions>The Wiki Tool… –Use your Confluence username and password. –Please sign-in (one at a time please ). –Make sure you are apart of a team. 2 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

Activity 1: Ice-Breaker In teams, try to come up with: – A definition of what a wiki is. – What wikis are good for. Write everything down on your team’s wiki space. 3 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

A Web Page Author Web Page Audience Reference: Grenier (2007) 4 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

A Wiki Page Web Page Author/ Audience Reference: Grenier (2007) 5 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

A (Purist) Wiki Definition WIKI No Authorship Simplified Markup Language Focus Is On Content, Not Format Version Tracking Soft Security Structured By The Community References: Cunningham, Barton (2004), Lamb (2004), Turnbull (2004), and Shirky (2003). 6 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

Beyond A Purist Definition PURE WIKIHYBRID WIKI AnonymousUsers and changes are tracked Content is public domainCopyright and Creative Commons Simplified wiki markup languageWYSIWYG editor Textual content onlyEmbedded images/videos/applications UnstructuredTemplate-driven/Workflow-driven Consensus of its communityModerated by experts/Peer reviewed Anyone can read and edit any pagePermissions for users and pages Collective workspacesPrivate/Team workspaces Never finishedDeadline-driven 7 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

Using the Wiki Markup Language HTMLWiki MarkupFinal Output Bold __Bold__ Bold Item 1 Item 2 * Item 1 * Item 2 Item 1 Item 2 Wiki Markup Language is a Simplified HTML 8 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

Faculty Practices Examples from Marist College Examples from University of Delaware 9 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron Flickr

Analytic Geometry and Calculus A Prof.: Lou Rossi, Math. 10 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

Emerging Technologies Prof.: Mark Serva, MIS 11 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron Wiki Tool: - Ask Questions - Manage Project

What Are Wikis Good For? Writing a Collective Letter/Position/ Statement/Web Content Brainstorming Group Projects Meeting Support Make Lists Collection of Links Group Portfolio Collaborative Notebook 12 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

Training the Trainer If you always like a good fight… –Ask participants to compare wikis vs. other tools (blogs, IM, podcasts, web pages, content management systems, etc.). –Discuss the value of information in a wiki: Compare their use of a wiki with Wikipedia. 13 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

Some Recommendations Instructional Strategy Define Control and Ownership Define Individual and Group Work Use Templates Get Familiar with the Markup Language Use a Wiki Charter A Wiki is Not the End Define Your Grading Strategy 14 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

Wiki Gardening By nature, a wiki is messy. Usability issues may occur. Promote best practices: –Examples –Templates –Job Aids 15 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

Activity 2: Requirements In teams, try to come up with: – Features you like in a wiki. – Features you would like in the Sakai wiki (requirements). Write them down on your team’s wiki space. 16 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

Some Examples and Job Aids Matt’s Wiki Report web page: –UD Faculty Experiences –Wikis in Higher Education Report – The STOLEN Principle – e.phphttp:// e.php 17 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

Questions, Comments? Mathieu (Matt) Plourde, University of Delaware – –Phone: Josh Baron, Marist College –(845) ext The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron

Why use Wikis? They promote ACTIVE LEARNING! Increased motivation Deeper and longer lasting learning They help develop 21 st century skills: Read/Write web Collaboration/Teamwork 19 The Wiki Tool: the Swiss Army Knife of Sakai - Plourde & Baron