Wiki - a tool for distributive writing

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Wiki – a tool for distributive writing

Professor Paul MahargGlasgow Graduate School of Law

UKCLE E-learning seminar series, 1, November 07 Paul Maharg2

social software…?

Emphasises: networks of meaning Distributed learning across the internet and other forms of

knowledge representation Collaborative learning at all levels

intermediate online education, 2006

Still focused on: 1. Organisations, ie LMSs, silos of knowledge2. Products, ie handbooks, CDs, closely-guarded downloads3. Content, ie modules, lock-step instruction4. Snapshot assessment of taught content

social learning > 2010+

Focus shifts to:1. Organisation has weak boundaries, strong presence

through resource-based, integrated learning networks, with open access, eg MIT & OU open courseware

2. Focus not on static content but on web-based, aggregated content

3. E-learning as understanding & conversation, just-in-time learning

4. Assessment of situated learning

Web 2.0

Michael Wesch,The Web is Us/ing Us

wikis…?

Think of an online, dynamic encyclopaedia – Wikipedia, eg, or a developing set of definitions & documents

Useful for developing projects, developing knowledge, sharing knowledge

Can be edited, shared among a community of readers / clients -- private or public

Wikipedia

Jurispedia

examples...

Planning a conference:http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/wiki?Technoculture

Taking collaborative notes:http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/wiki?CS430

Staff collaborative writing:http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/wiki?CS430/Chapt12

Collaborate on an entire book:http://www.eu.socialtext.net/codev2/index.cgi

how to edit a wiki?

Lee Lefever, Wikis in Plain English

Transforming wiki

0ther uses... e-portfolios + wikis

Personal digital collection of information, reflection on learning and future plans

Records and demonstrates a person's learning, career, experience and achievements.

Belong to the learner - not the organisation Populated by learner Primarily concerned with supporting learning Lifelong and lifewide learning Wiki can enable collaborative writing on the e-

portfolio

Place of wikis in professional learning?

Can be used if e-portfolio: is a continuation of formal learning PDP through to CPD is wholly electronic and wholly embedded in simulation learning

activities and actual legal practice contains annotated or collaborative text and video, graphics,

animation, etc draws information from personal, academic and CPD domains that is

to be drafted & redrafted evidences transactional learning and reflection has assessment zones, personal zones, confidential zones is wholly the responsibility of the learner-manager, under detailed

professional guidelines is under supervision by tutors, supervisors, training managers,

regulatory bodies, etc

other uses... Wiki + blogs + RSS…?

Online knowledge journals, largely chronological documents

Useful for a resource that ties together dynamic comms with static documents, eg journal entries, files, syndications from other blogs & newsreaders

Can be public or private

Syndicated blog postings...

Other uses... video in a wiki

contact details

Email: paul.maharg@strath.ac.uk

Blog: http://zeugma.typepad.com

Book: www.transforming.org.uk

Address: Glasgow Graduate School of LawLord Hope BuildingUniversity of Strathclyde141 St James’ RoadGlasgow G4 0LU

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