Amira AL-Mashhour Tofoul AL-Awaid

as a Technology used in DE

Video about using Wiki in Education

Objectives

After using wiki students will be able to:

1. Create their own pages.

2. Collaborate with each others in

projects.

3. Share their knowledge with others.

4. Interact with instructor or student by

synchronous tools.

Definition

A wiki is a web site that lets any visitor

become a participant:  you can create or

edit the actual site contents without any

special technical knowledge or tools

It is a living collaboration whose purpose is

the sharing of the creative process and

product by many.

The word "wiki" comes from Hawaiian

language, meaning "quick" or "fast."

Features

• WYSIWYG editing

• HTML support

• Image insertion

• Tables

• Lists (numbered, bulleted,

hierarchical)

• Media insertion

(streaming audio/ video)

• Search

• Spell-check

• Hyperlink insertion

• Calendar

• RSS

• History

• Synchronous text

messaging

Advantages

Easy sharing: no having to send files over e-mail

Access: All team members can have access to it

anytime anywhere

One version: Everybody is working on the same

document, no need to add version numbers to

each document

History: Previous versions can be recovered if

there is need for it

Advantages

Wiki has no prearranged structure - it is a

flexible tool which can be used for a wide

variety of applications.

Anyone can edit and it is easy to use and

follow. This gives students the potential for

being authors, not just researchers.

Disadvantages

•Anyone can edit so this may be too open for

some applications and will affect the confidential

documentation.

•Open to SPAM if not managed properly.

•The flexibility of a wiki's structure can mean that

information can become disorganized.

•You do not receive an email or other notification

if your original post is edited. (copyright).

Used in Education

Products of research projects, especially collaborative

group projects. the products do not have to be simply

writing. They can include computer files, images, videos,

etc

People located in different parts of the world can work on

the same document and add their own parts. This builds a

community of learners.

Teachers can view ‘recent changes’ on the student’s Wiki

spaces so he can track students progress and assists the

assessment processes.

Used in education

Students are able to develop communication skills within

class using the computer

Students can effectively interact with each others by

asynchronous communication tools.

deliver and support learning Study guides made by student

groups for themselves and peers: each group prepares the

guide for one aspect of the unit or responsibility rotates:

one unit guide per semester

Concerns raised

There are still concerned about the openness of wiki editing?

1. What is to prevent such a website from anarchy?

2. How does a wiki protect my authorship?

3. What if someone deletes my work?

Lamb (2004) describes various examples of wiki use outside the

classroom. Placement centers can use wiki pages to store and organize

content for job postings and career development. Wikis can be

provided by the university to act as a sounding board so that students

can voice opinions about university policies.

 Both Augar et al. (2006) and Naish (2006) mention the use of wikis as

an icebreaker tool for online groupwork. They demonstrate how wiki

technology can be used to enhance social interaction among students

online as well as for the dissemination of information to the student

body, for building information repositories, or for the collaborative

production of documents.

 http://ijklo.org/Volu

me3/IJKLOv3p057-072Parker284.pdf 

Examples

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