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Wikis as tools for learning

and socio‐cultural development

www.wikiskills.net

Consortium Contact

Théo Bondolfi

Fondation Ynternet.orgBranche 17 ‐ 1091 Grandvaux

Switzerland+ 41 (0) 78 943 44 14

info@ynternet.org

Ynternet.org

Switzerland

www.ynternet.org

die Berater

Austria

www.dieberater.com

Ellinogermaniki Agogi

Greece

www.ea.gr

University of Barcelona

Spain

www.futurelearning.org

MAC-Team

Belgium

www.mac-team.com

HEIG/VD

Switzerland

www.heig-vd.ch

CESGA

Spain

www.cesga.es

Wikimedia Sverige

Sweden

www.wikimedia.se

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Summary Objectives

Wikis are simple to use, asynchronous, web‐

based collaborative hypertext authoring systems. Recently, Wikis have been widely used in various sectors and levels of education, as they can enhance collaborative learning.

In a wiki‐based learning scenario, participants co‐edit web pages. During such processes, peer interaction can motivate participants, who construct synergically shared knowledge.

Within common learning scenarios, participants from different educational sectors, cultures and ages (schools, universities, professional and adult training) will learn how to use wikis for their socio‐professional development.

The project will develop, implement and evaluate an innovative training curriculum focusing on how to make the best use of wiki

environments in educational settings, so to reach high learning objectives and foster a community of learners among Europe.

Provide opportunities for meaningful collaborative learning activities;

Promote digital literacy, as well as social skills, writing skills and critical thinking;

Develop a sustainable virtual community of practice among the different project countries;

Enable educational communities to contribute to the actual information society;

Empower civic behaviours, social inclusion, employability and cultural understanding.

WikiSkills promotes innovative pedagogical approaches that foster creativity, competitiveness, employability and entrepreneurial spirit, equity, social cohesion

and active citizenship.

Methodology

User needs analysis

In order to provide innovative pedagogical methodologie, the project will follow the following steps.

Development of a pedagogical framework

for collaborative learning through wikis

Design of a training curriculumsfor both face‐to‐face and online courses

Teacher training and implementation of wiki‐based scenarios

in real teaching contexts

Evaluation of the project impact and validation of the approach