1. Students take the lead with Wikis
Presented by:
Professors
Linda Hemingway
Lisa Logan Rich
Accounting Club Officers
Elizabeth Kimbrough
William Davis
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2. Athens State Student Chapter
What is a Wiki
Sorry that is a wookie
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3. Athens State Student Chapter
What is a Wiki
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4. Athens State Student Chapter
Why use a Wiki
S Simple to learn
E Easy and fun to edit
C Collaborative
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5. Athens State Student Chapter
How a Wiki is set up
Front Page
Content Area 3
Content Area 2
Content Area 1
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6. More play by play on Wikis
No knowledge HTML required
Encourages sharing of ideas and responsibilities
Easy way to collaborate
Ability to revert back to old versions
Ability to track who’s done what & where
Fostering collaboration among colleagues
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7. “WIKIs in Plain English” Athens State Student Chapter
Demo How to wiki
“WIKIs in Plain English”
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8. ASU Accounting Club partial SWOT analysis
Strengths
Weakness
Strong support in day classes
Lack of support in night and D/L classes
Great officer base
Problem with timely communication of meeting times flyers sometimes not noticed
Support from the entire business faculty
D/L students had no way to participate in the club
Officers were not always timely in turning in reports.
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9. Needed a team effort Solution
Develop a Wiki that will house the club information
D/L and night students can login and be a part of the process
Officers can turn in reports in a central repository
All officers can help to develop the Wiki
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10. Athens State Student Chapter
Students will Demo The Wiki for the Accounting Club  
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11. Student Organizations
Go Wild with Wikis
Wendy Cowan, PhD
Education
Training Website
Michael Gibson
Center for Instructional
Technology (CIT)
CIT Online
Lisa Logan Rich, PhD
Information Systems
DL Orientation
Faculty Research
Student Organizations

12. A Complete Distance Course: Elements that Encourage Collaboration
8:30 – 9:30 am Riverview Meeting Room 2
Creative ways to build online learning communities:
Tegrity (asynchronous lectures)
Wimba (synchronous classes)
Wikis (student collaboration)
YouTube (student videos)
Podcasts (faculty and students)
Remove the “distance” from your DL courses!