WIKI

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WIKIs at SFU
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Introduction^

Learning activities^

Types of questions^

How would you use a WIKI in the classroom?

Benefits for faculty^

Collaborative space for information to be shared and formed
Archival benefits
online placeholder for ideas, questions and links

Benefits for students^

Gives control of information presentation to individuals and teams
Effective collaboration tool
Eliminates version control
Immediately see updates

Issues or concerns^

Security, spammers can easily compromise WIKI pages
WIKI must be maintained
Wiki participants should discuss editing agreements: what is editable by all, how are differences resolved, what organization will be used to make it make sense, where do you park ideas that are not immediately implementable, how do you collectively decide when it's "done"?

Implementation^

decide on a wiki (services listed above)
create groups
create wiki page for each group
provide wiki editing resources
talk about editing/ participation agreement

Resources^

Observations^

WIKI has been an indispensable tool for the ESI unit in the LIDC to collaborate on an informal level, to share information and preserve knowledge from previous projects. It continues to grow and become ever more successful.