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Blogs & WikisMathieu Plourde

October 19, 2010 - EDUC638

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Before We Start…

http://bit.ly/EDUC638-blogswikis

The Old Way

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The Origin of Wikis

I chose wiki-wiki as an alliterative

substitute for quickand thereby

avoided naming this stuff quick-

Ward Cunningham, 1995

A Wiki Demonstration Video

http://youtu.be/-dnL00TdmLY

A Web Page

Author Web Page

Audience

Grenier (2007)

A Wiki Page

Web Page

Author/Audience

Grenier (2007)

No Authorship

Simplified Markup

Language

Focus Is On Content,

Not Format

Version Tracking

Soft Security

Structured By The

Community

A (Purist) Wiki Definition

Cunningham, Barton (2004),

Lamb (2004),Turnbull (2004),

and Shirky (2003).

Beyond A Purist Definition

PURE WIKI HYBRID WIKI

Anonymous Users and changes are tracked

Content is public domain Copyright and Creative Commons

Simplified wiki markup language WYSIWYG editor

Textual content only Embedded images/videos/applications

Unstructured Template-driven/Workflow-driven

Consensus of its community Moderated by experts/Peer reviewed

Anyone can read and edit any page Permissions for users and pages

Collective workspaces Private/Team workspaces

Never finished Deadline-driven

HTML Wiki Markup Final Output<b>Bold</b> __Bold__ Bold

* Item 1* Item 2

• Item 1• Item 2

Using the Wiki Markup Language

Wiki Markup Language is a

Simplified HTML

• Prof.: Lou Rossi, Math.

Analytic Geometry and Calculus A

The Origin of Blogs

Jorn Barger, 1997

I started a daily log of interesting Web links published in reverse

chronological order, and called it “Robot Wisdom

WebLog”.

A Blog Demonstration Video

http://youtu.be/NN2I1pWXjXI

Anatomy of a Blog

Profile

Archive

Comments Blog Roll

Learning to Blog on Paper

http://www.notesfrommcteach.com/2010/09/learning-to-blog-using-paper.html

Blogging in a Marketing Course

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oiW4UoHya4

Unique to Blogs Common to Both Unique to Wikis

Blogs vs. Wikis

One Step FurtherCo

onCollaboration

Synchronous

Asynchronous

III IV

• Backchannel conversation

• Just-in-time support and decision-making

• Remote and face-to-face

Chat and SMS

Live Documents

Wikis vs. Google Docs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCBd9JE5uwk

Google Sites

Blockers to Adoption

• Privacy, FERPA compliance

• Terms of Service, copyright

• Sites blocked by IT Admins

• Lack of teacher training

• Plan B when technology fails

• Lack of exchange of practices

Blockers to Adoption

Things That Should Remain Private

• Grades

• Graded papers

• Instructor feedback

• Exams

• Copyrighted material

• Email conversations

Things That Should Remain Private

• Deployed locally• Control over access and content (+)

• Deployment and maintenance (-)

• Web 2.0• Ready to go (+)

• Best of breed (+)

• Long term survival (-)

• Change in terms of service (-)

Local vs. Web 2.0

The Open Learning Network

Mott (2010)

Thank You!

• Mathieu PlourdeProject Leader, LMSIT-Client Support & ServicesUniversity of Delawaremathieu@udel.edu

Twitter: mathplourdehttp://udel.edu/~mathieu

• Barton, Matt (2004). Embrace the Wiki Way!, Personal Blog. Retrieved online October 18, 2010. http://www.mattbarton.net/tikiwiki/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=4

• Carvin, Andy (2007), Timeline: The Life of the Blog, NPR. Retrieved online October 18, 2010. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17421022

• Cunningham, Ward (1995), Wiki History. Retrieved online October 18, 2010. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory

• Grenier, Brian (2007), Wikis in the Classroom, El Paso Independent School District. Retrieved October 26, 2007. http://www.slideshare.net/briangrenier/wikis-in-the-classroom-34105

• Kerner, Sean Michael (2006), Creator of the wiki admits that he considered patenting the concept a decade ago, QuinStreet Inc. Retrieved online October 18, 2010. http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3648131

• Lamb, Bryan (2004), Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not, EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 39, no. 5 (September/October 2004). Pages 36-48.

References

• McMillan, Karen (2010), Learning to Blog on Paper, personal blog. Retrieved online October 18, 2010. http://www.notesfrommcteach.com/2010/09/learning-to-blog-using-paper.html

• Mott, Jonathan (2010), Envisioning the Post-LMS Era: The Open Learning Network,EDUCAUSE Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 1. Pages 36-48.

• Shirky, Clay (2003). Wikis, Graffiti, and Process, Many-To-Many: Social Software, August 26, 2003. Retrieved online October 18, 2010. http://many.corante.com/20030801.shtml

• Turnbull, Giles (2004). Talking to Ward Cunningham about Wiki, luvly, April 6, 2004. Retrieved online October 18, 2010. http://gorjuss.com/luvly/20040406-wardcunningham.html

References

• Wiki Wiki Shuttle, Philip Stewart, http://www.flickr.com/photos/phillipstewart/3778901137/

• “Brion” on Ward, Blue Oxen Associates, http://www.flickr.com/photos/40026216@N03/4031405695/

• Jorn Barger, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jornbarger.JPG

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