School of History FACULTY OF ARTS Wikis in Teaching Dr Kevin Linch

School of HistoryFACULTY OF ARTS

Wikis in Teaching

Dr Kevin Linch

Outline

1. Background

2. Basic Usage

3. Using them in teaching

4. Building a resource

5. Q&A

Web 2.0 & Wikis?

What is web 2.0?

Web as a ‘platform’ or a medium

Collective / social

Always ‘beta’

Examples

Google, ebay, del.icio.us

Wikipedia

Wiki - pedia

Views on wikipedia

Building a basic entry

Edit your user page

http://wiki.leeds.ac.uk

1. Write a bit about yourself and save it

2. Write a bit about what ideas you have for using wikis

Using wikis in HE

Student Input / Role

Tutor Input / Role

None A lot

None

A lot

Webpages

Wikipedia

Ideas

Groupwork:

How could wikis be used in teaching?

Flesh out an idea or two:

What is required – tutor, student, technical

http://wiki.leeds.ac.uk/index.php/Ideas_on_using_wikis_for_staff_and_students

Create you wiki entry!

Further Info

Web 2.0:

http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/seminars/kcl-2006-01/

Elgg Wiki community group: http://elgg.leeds.ac.uk/wikiblog/