Comments on: More on Wikis and WIkipedia http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/more-on-wikis-and-wikipedia/ Tech Tools for Academics Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:56:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Bryan http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/more-on-wikis-and-wikipedia/#comment-65556 Bryan Thu, 08 May 2008 00:52:17 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=244#comment-65556 Hey there, I'm Bryan. Fun site, I just found it while tooling about these internets doing outreach for the Intel <a href="http://www.intelisef2008.org/" rel="nofollow">ISEF</a>... (it's kind of awesome, hit me up for details) Anyway I had an incredible English prof who taught History of Film, and half the class took place on a wiki. He'd post a couple questions or conversation generators into it per week, and it was everyone's assignment to post links to research that pertained to the topic. This was in the earlier days of YouTube so it was really a blast (and very educational) to embed, share, and view several visual clips per day all centered around a common subject of interest. His lecture basically wrote itself. Hey there, I’m Bryan. Fun site, I just found it while tooling about these internets doing outreach for the Intel ISEF… (it’s kind of awesome, hit me up for details)

Anyway I had an incredible English prof who taught History of Film, and half the class took place on a wiki. He’d post a couple questions or conversation generators into it per week, and it was everyone’s assignment to post links to research that pertained to the topic. This was in the earlier days of YouTube so it was really a blast (and very educational) to embed, share, and view several visual clips per day all centered around a common subject of interest. His lecture basically wrote itself.

]]> By: Betzi Bateman http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/more-on-wikis-and-wikipedia/#comment-63914 Betzi Bateman Fri, 02 May 2008 12:34:07 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=244#comment-63914 This is so true. I remember commenting on the first "College bans wikipedia" article at Inside Higher Ed about confusing the wiki technology with Wikipedia. It just shows a lack of understanding of the tool and how it can be used. One faculty member I'm working with scoffed at the idea of using a wiki in her class - she had objectives that would be met incredibly well with a student-centered wiki assignment. I mentioned it and she said, "NO! I hate Wikipedia! Students actually cite it in academic papers!" Of course, I went on to explain the difference between Wikipedia and wikis in general and she came around, BUT, she doesn't even want to call it a "wiki." She said, can't we call it something else? I'll work on that one... This is so true. I remember commenting on the first “College bans wikipedia” article at Inside Higher Ed about confusing the wiki technology with Wikipedia. It just shows a lack of understanding of the tool and how it can be used. One faculty member I’m working with scoffed at the idea of using a wiki in her class - she had objectives that would be met incredibly well with a student-centered wiki assignment. I mentioned it and she said, “NO! I hate Wikipedia! Students actually cite it in academic papers!” Of course, I went on to explain the difference between Wikipedia and wikis in general and she came around, BUT, she doesn’t even want to call it a “wiki.” She said, can’t we call it something else? I’ll work on that one…

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