1. Using Wikis to Facilitate Teaching & Learning
Mico e-Learning Workshop

2. Learning Outcomes At the end of this workshop you will be able to:
Examine the effectiveness of using wikis in facilitating teaching and learning
Develop an instructional plan for incorporating wikis in the teaching of their specific subject area
Develop an activity that will involve students using wikis in your specific subject area
Build a wiki for use in teaching

3. Activity 2: Exploring the Concept
Have ever heard of Wikipedia?
How do you think Wikipedia is created?
How reliable is the content on the Wikipedia site?
Have you ever tried to edit content on Wikipedia?

4. Key Questions What is a wiki?
How can wikis be incorporated into my lesson to facilitate teaching & learning?

5. What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a web page or a collection of web pages that allows persons with access to modify or edit the content within these pages.
It is a collaborative web space for creating new content on the web or editing content that has already been posted to that space.

6. Using Wikis in Teaching and Learning
Teachers can use wikis for:
Common planning with other teachers
Developing open source texts and other resources
Resource collection and sharing resources with other teachers
As a place to post information/syllabus etc., for students

7. Using Wikis in Teaching and Learning
Students can use wikis for:
Group projects/assignments
Creating glossaries
Brainstorming
Meeting online
Building a group portfolio
Writing a collective letter or other document

8. Using Wikis in Teaching and Learning
Can you think of other ways in which you can use wikis in your class?

9. Activity 3: Building a Wiki
For this activity, you will work in groups to build a wiki.
Groups of 4
Choose a topic, any topic and build a wiki
Team member A will write the introduction
Team member B will add a page
Team member C will also add a page
Team member D will also add a page

10. Activity 4
Planning an instructional event for incorporating wikis in your class
In your subject groups, use the Instruction Plan worksheet provided to create a plan for incorporating wikis in your lesson

11. Activity 5: Building a Wiki
For this activity, you will build a wiki using Wetpaint
Using the activities described in your instructional plan, build a wiki for your subject area

12. Activity 6: Wiki projects in schools
Do you think you could start wiki projects in your schools?
Do you think you could work with other schools to start wiki projects?
What are some ideas for establishing wiki projects within your school or with other schools?

13. Activity 7
Sharing our wiki sites

14. Reflection & Evaluation
Using the journal tool in the Mico LMS, write a brief reflection on the activities for this session.
Which activity did you find most useful?
Which activity did you find least useful?
What, if anything, did you want more of?
How will this activity influence how you integrate technology into your teaching?

15. Resources