Wikis can be a fast and easy way for students to work collaboratively and be more active in their learning.
Wikis have been available for a few years now as free software, some of which that have been supported by LTU's Online Education Support Team. However, wikis are also embedded in the e-Portfolio learning tool, PebblePad (webfolios), and they will become 'mainstream' from 2010 within our new UniSA Learning Management System, (LMS), Moodle.
A UniSA research project is looking at how UniSA staff have been using wikis in their classes and would like to know why academics have selected wikis, how they prepare, support and assess students, and what the students experienced within the wiki learning environment. They aim to create a framework that can be applied generally to help staff use wikis to support student collaboration.
The research is being conducted by Tangi Steen, Dale Wache, Jo Hanisch and Kirstin Wache primarily using short (10 min) anonymous online surveys. If you are planning to use wikis in your teaching in 2009 then please consider contacting Kirstin Wache to register your interest.
You may also be interested in this paper and presentation from last year's assessment conference from Snelling and Karanicolas - Why Wikis Work.
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