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Using wikis for online collaboration : the power of the read-write Web

Author

West, James A.

Title

Using wikis for online collaboration : the power of the read-write Web / James A. West, Margaret L. West.

Format

Book

Edition

1st ed.

Published

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2009.

Description

xviii, 142 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

URL

<Table of contents only> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008038210.html

Other contributors

West, Margaret L., 1962-

Uniform series

Jossey-Bass guides to online teaching and learning ; v. 7.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-134) and index.

Contents

• Getting ready to wiki
• Opportunities for online learning
• What is a wiki?
• Types of wikis
• Choosing the right wiki
• Features of wikis
• Setting up the wiki
• Summary
• Designing wiki projects for collaborative learning
• Teaching and learning through wikis
• Laying the foundation-preparing students for wiki work
• Building the framework-designing the wiki project
• Monitoring construction-managing the wiki process
• Summary
• Wiki projects for knowledge construction
• Resource bank
• Frequently asked questions
• Error finding and correcting
• Historical time line
• Annotated bibliography
• Online dialogue
• Group summary
• Class encyclopedia
• Summary
• Wiki projects for critical thinking
• "What if...?" Scenarios
• Case studies
• Debates - Collaborative research papers
• Evaluation or research study
• Frame-based writing
• Nominal group technique
• Structured online critiques
• Summary
• Wiki projects for contextual application
• Event plan
• Process map
• Virtual science lab
• Field research project
• Story creation
• Team challenge
• Media design projects
• Service learning project
• Summary
• Wikis today and tomorrow
• The value of collaborative writing
• Integrating wikis with other technologies
• What the future holds
• An invitation to collaborate
• Wikis for educators
• Web 2.0
• Collaborative writing
• Scaffolding
• Bloom's taxonomy.

Subject headings

Wikipedia. Computer-assisted instruction. Internet in education. Electronic encyclopedias. User-generated content.

ISBN

9780470343333 (pbk.) 0470343338 (pbk.)