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1. Wiki essentials and resources

2. PB wiki editing basics

3. Link to sample formative assessment page

Wiki essentials and resources

Before you begin please watch the two videos and follow the links below covering the basics of using a wiki for collaborative projects in education and business.

• A short (audio) podcast covering the collaborative power of wikis.

• Collaborative Learning Online with Wikis
• How collaborative Web 2.0 tools are changing commerce

• Using Wikis to Find and Organise Images

   

• Dave Foord of A6 training has developed a very simple and effective STOLEN model for those wishing to use wikis with their learners.

   

• The wikipatterns book and associated resources give some excellent pointers to effectively growing your wiki from seed.

   

• The wiki-etivities bibliography contains some useful exemplars of existing & potential use.

• The 2009 JISC publication effective practice in a digital age has a very useful pathways matrix to help you choose the appropriate technology for a specific learning goal.

   

• Two free e-books on how Web2.0 technology is used in education

   

• A useful tlrp commentary entitled "Education 2.0? Designing the web for teaching and learning." This one actually gives some good pointers on using web 2.0 for effectiveteaching & learning.

• The above video is part of a useful resource on using wikis

PB wiki editing basics

• If you want some help in setting up your own pbwiki site , watch this very indepth video tutorial > http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/wikis/index.html

   

• For a very quick overview the video below will get you PBwikiiiing in a jiffy :O)

Link to sample formative assessment page

I have created a dummy wiki page with some suggested subheadings that anyone can edit.  Follow this link to access the experimental page.

Please note I have also included the background reading resouces given in the Moodle week 4 area.