Week 3 Embedded Task: Wikis

With my first exploration of Wikispaces, I was unenthusiastic about how I could use this resource in my teaching. Wikis, to me, had always been associated with large amounts of text and focussed more on reading than contributing. However this is a broad generalisation for me to make, since I do not have a lot of experience in the matter.  After the wiki activity in week 2 (mobile debate), my initial thoughts were replaced by curiosity to what I could do with a wiki.  

I have explored deeper and have compiled a variety of functions wikis can perform.

Note: This information is what I currently know about wikis, I would like to add to this list as the semester progresses.

1. Wikis can contain:
1. Pages: separate topics by starting a new page.
2. Files: upload files for everyone to see and edit.
3. Discussions: post a question and let others respond and edit responses.
4. Projects: upload tasks for students to complete. Teams can be assigned to promote collaborative work.
5. Events: create times when everyone has to submit a response. Add due dates.

2. Wikis allow editing. I feel that this is an important tool for collaborative work. It allows all students to have an input without feeling like their response is incorrect.

3. You can see what students have been doing. Of course you can look through to see if students have been adding to discussions etc, but I liked the idea of being able to see their progress in a more visual way.

1. Click on Assessment in the top tool bar.

2. A line graph will appear next to each user you create illustrating their engagement. You can create a user for each student so you can track everyone.

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