Aloha from Hawaii

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Aloha from Hawaii

• Wikis and Collaboration Using Wikis to support
  teaching and learning, research and support
  activities
• Adele Aubrey
• Curriculum Development Officer
• adele.aubrey_at_manchester.ac.uk

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What is a Wiki?

• WikiWiki, meaning "super fast" in the Hawaiian
  language
• Wiki Wiki is the Honolulu Airport Shuttleshuttle
  bus line that runs between the airport's
  terminals

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What is a Wiki?

• A collection of Web pages which can be edited
• by anyone
• at any time
• from anywhere
• (although you can adapt it - place it on and
  Intranet and restrict access)

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Harnessing Collective Intelligence

• A Wiki is
• hypertext-based
• collaborative software
• enables documents to be authored collectively
  using a web browser

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Sharing Knowledge Everyone as Publisher

• Wikis
• enable team members to share knowledge simply and
  quickly
• the collective knowledge base of the group can be
  efficiently managed and navigated.

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http//en.wikipedia.org/
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A Wiki used for course development
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Tracking

• Users can track changes made to pages
• have alerts sent to them via e-mail letting them
  know when others have made changes

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Track edit history

• List the teams that you belonged to and then note
  down
• The teams that I enjoyed
• The teams that I did not enjoy
• The teams that achieved something
• The teams that did not achieve much
• Why was the experience different?
• Families are also teams!

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TALK pages

• Article Talk Pages
• situations in which collaborators on an article
  can benefit mutually from discussing the article
• User Talk Pages
• communicate directly with other users or leave
  them messages

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http//www.scienceofspectroscopy.info/
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http//www.ukoln.ac.uk/repositories/digirep
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Formatting

• Egs
• How to create Sections and Categories
• Section
• Creating Links to external sites
• target label
• See handout
• WIKI BASICS WIKI Formatting

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What advantages does a Wiki have over a book?

• They may
• convey more easily understandable information
  through interlinking
• updateable
• extensible information
• more collaborative

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How can you use a Wiki to create a collaborative
learning environment?

• Two questions that typically arise are
• how to ensure an adequate level of quality and
• how to motivate students to contribute?

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Joes Wiki

• What are the issues that Joe could consider in
  assessing the group assignment?
• What problems may Joe encounter? How could he
  overcome them?
• How could Joe motivate the students to contribute?

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Playgtgt

• You can experiment with using a Wiki at
• http//wiki.man.ac.uk/epssandbox/

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Want to set up a Wiki?

• Contact
• Internet Services
• Information Technology Officer
• Angela.Hilton_at_manchester.ac.uk

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• For advice on WIKI methodology and implementation
  see your
• Curriculum Development Officer
• http//www.eps.manchester.ac.uk/tlc/tsu

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Any Questions?