Wikis for Campus Program Management & to Meet Community Information Needs

Wikisfor Campus Program Management

& to Meet Community Information Needs

Campus Wikis

What is a wiki?

View & EditWeb Pages

Collaboratively

InformationHub

Custom Logos

Lots of Content

Easyto

updatenews,

calendar, forms,

etc.

Service TeamProfiles &

Workspace

Embed video,maps,and...

Google docs

Google calendar

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PolicyOptions Wiki

“Wikipedia for PolicyOptions”

Example:Washington & Lee University

1.Poverty Study (90 page) requested by County Manager

2.Public forum (80 participants)

3.Poverty Commission Formed

4.Working groups & PolicyOptions Issue Briefs

★ Transportation

1. Health

2. Housing & Water Systems

3. Education

4. Legal Needs of the Poor

5. Economic Development

Strategic Questions

•What is the nature & extent of the problem?

•What’s been tried in the past to address it?

•What’s being done now?

•What are the distinctly different solutions to addressing this issue?

Issue Brief Template•Goal Statement

•Scope of the Problem

•Past Policy

•Current Policy

•Policy Options / Program Models

•Key Organizations, Programs & People

•Glossary of Terms

•Bibliography

Lots ofissue briefs have been

started

Issueoverview

page

Profile of model

program (or

policy option)

Local,state, &national

information

Local,state, &national

information ...continue

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Resources

Resources