Tools
Using wikis for online collaboration : the power of the read-write Web
- Author
- West, James A.
- Title
- Using wikis for online collaboration : the power of the read-write Web / James A. West, Margaret L. West.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Published
- San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2009.
- Description
- xviii, 142 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- URL
- <Table of contents only> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008038210.html
- Other contributors
- West, Margaret L., 1962-
- Uniform series
- Jossey-Bass guides to online teaching and learning ; v. 7.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-134) and index.
- Contents
-
- Getting ready to wiki
- Opportunities for online learning
- What is a wiki?
- Types of wikis
- Choosing the right wiki
- Features of wikis
- Setting up the wiki
- Summary
- Designing wiki projects for collaborative learning
- Teaching and learning through wikis
- Laying the foundation-preparing students for wiki work
- Building the framework-designing the wiki project
- Monitoring construction-managing the wiki process
- Summary
- Wiki projects for knowledge construction
- Resource bank
- Frequently asked questions
- Error finding and correcting
- Historical time line
- Annotated bibliography
- Online dialogue
- Group summary
- Class encyclopedia
- Summary
- Wiki projects for critical thinking
- "What if...?" Scenarios
- Case studies
- Debates - Collaborative research papers
- Evaluation or research study
- Frame-based writing
- Nominal group technique
- Structured online critiques
- Summary
- Wiki projects for contextual application
- Event plan
- Process map
- Virtual science lab
- Field research project
- Story creation
- Team challenge
- Media design projects
- Service learning project
- Summary
- Wikis today and tomorrow
- The value of collaborative writing
- Integrating wikis with other technologies
- What the future holds
- An invitation to collaborate
- Wikis for educators
- Web 2.0
- Collaborative writing
- Scaffolding
- Bloom's taxonomy.
- Subject headings
- Wikipedia. Computer-assisted instruction. Internet in education. Electronic encyclopedias. User-generated content.
- ISBN
- 9780470343333 (pbk.) 0470343338 (pbk.)
Holdings
- Library
- Indpls - IUPUI University Library
- Call Number
- LB1028.5 .W398 2009
- Location
- Stacks
- Floor
- 3rd Floor