Bart Everson • Center for the Advancement of Teaching • Xavier University of Louisiana

Discussion boardstructure

Blogstructure

Wikistructure

Journalstructure

}{Blogs vs. Wikis

Organized by chronology

Like a journal

Like a scroll

Individualistic

Dialog and discussion

Communication

What's new?

Organized by content

Like an encyclopedia

Like a web

Group-oriented

Getting work done

Collaboration

Improving content over time

Center for the Advancement of Teaching, 2012

The Missing Component

SocialConstruction

Content Form

Social Software Interaction by Chris Lott, published under Creative Commons BY 2.0 license. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fncll/1829938057/

Moshirnia, A. (2007). Am I Still Wiki? The Creeping Centralization of Academic Wikis. In T. Bastiaens & S. Carliner (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (pp. 7297-7304). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

(Mis)Understanding Wikis as a Tool for Online Teaching

Previous Efforts A Hands-Off Workshop Ideas That Emerged

Some Interesting WikisThat Aren’t Wikipedia

Lit ReviewComparing Wikis to Blogs

Structural Comparisons

Sophisticated Theoretical Models Brainstorming

Allan, B. (Designer). (2008). Knowledge creation within a community of practice. [Web]. Retrieved from http://convcme.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/communities-of-practice-a-framework-for-learning-and-improvement/

A Key Concept

How About a City Wiki for New Orleans?

Faculty discussed and considered the creation of a New Orleans wiki, that is, a city wiki focused on our local community. As a tool for student learning, such a wiki might have several virtues. It could be used across multiple courses; it could fulfill service learn-ing objectives; and it would evolve over a longer time period than a single semester, allowing for the creation of deeper and more meaningful knowledge. By blending community and classroom, it may be possible to overcome some of the inherent limitations observed by Moshirnia.

After the workshop session, it emerged that a nascent city wiki for New Orleans has been started by another party. Titled NolaWiki, it is a project of an independent journalism venture, NolaMessenger. We have partnered with NolaMessenger and are actively promoting NolaWiki to faculty as a service learning opportunity.