Blogs and Wikis for Reflection and Collaboration

Blogs and Wikis as Reflection Blogs and Wikis as Reflection and Collaboration Toolsand Collaboration Tools

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Elaine HuberMartin ParisioLyn CollinsLearning & Teaching Centre

OutcomesOutcomesexplain explain what a Blog and a Wiki are

differentiatedifferentiate between the two tools and their uses

identifyidentify some educational uses of Blogs and Wikis

explainexplain the importance of tagging

searchsearch for a Blog and addadd a comment

Use Use a wiki and performperform some basic tasks

What is a Blog?What is a Blog?

A weblog is a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data, arranged chronologically, that can be viewed in an HTML browser.

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Why Blog?

http://twentyfivedays.wordpress.com/

BlogsBlogs we know and lovewe know and loveLTC: http://www.mq.edu.au/ltc/blog/

VC: http://www.vc.mq.edu.au/blog/

ProbloggerSeth GoddinHow to blog as a newbieThe 11 fastest ways to kill your blog

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Case StudyCase Study

Jenny Nicholls Podcast Sample Student Blog

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Blogging Platform

Edublogs http://edublogs.org/ 20MB free

WordPress http://wordpress.org/

Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start

TypePad http://www.typepad.com/about/ 2GB $5

EDNA http://me.edu.au

Blackboard inside the Discussions tool

Blog SearchBlog Search

Is Blog searching Dead?

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WhatWhat is a wiki?is a wiki?A wiki is a website that allows the easy

creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor.

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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

http://studentwiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/ http://studentwiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/

http://ltcwiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/ http://ltcwiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/

http://sciencewiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/ http://sciencewiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/

http://artswiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/

http://artswiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/

http://hswiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/ http://hswiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/

http://bewiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/

http://bewiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/

http://mqwiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/

http://mqwiki.ltc.mq.edu.au/

Wikis at MQWikis at MQ

Core Wiki Features

* Create and publish web pages > * Store and share files - document

repository * Edit documents collaboratively >

email vs wikis workflow * Feedback and discussion over content >

Wikis in Education http://learninglab.lincoln.ac.uk/wiki/Wiki-tivities_bibliography

There is evidence that user-created content encourages deeper engagement with learning, through the act of authoring, simply because the awareness of an audience, no matter how virtual or tentative, encourages more thoughtful construction of writing. (Jacobs, 2003) in Wheeler S, Yeomans P and Wheeler D (2008) The good, the bad and the wiki: Evaluating student-generated content for collaborative learning. British Journal of Educational Technology, 39 (6), 987-965.

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