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Wikis and University Faculty
Deirdre BonnycastleCollege of MedicineOctober 28th, 2009
What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a website that allows the visitors themselves to
easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change
available content.
This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an
effective tool for mass collaborative authoring.
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
Clinical Informatics Wiki http://www.informatics-review.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Student Doctor Wiki http://more.studentdoctor.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
I use several wikis for Research and Committee work because the team always knows that we are working on the most current document.
-Dr. Marcel D’EonFaculty of Medicine
Committees Research StudentsSTORES
STORES
STORES
MinutesContact InfoImagesAgendasReportsDocumentation
ArticlesStatisticsImagesInterviews
ArticlesLinksResourcesQuestionsSyllabus
Universities are Obsessed with Paper
A Wiki
Committee Wiki (Invisible to public, multiple editors)
Deirdre’s Post Workshop Wiki(Anyone can see, three people edit)
https://wiki.usask.ca/display/db/Home
Faculty Development Wiki(Anyone can see, ten people edit)
http://medicaleducation.wetpaint.com/
Peanut Butter Wiki (no longer active)
(Anyone can see, only I edit)
College of Nursing Wiki(Anyone can view, multiple editors)
Committees Research StudentsCREATE
PlansProjectsDraft ReportsDraft Documentation
PlansDraft Papers& Presentations
PapersTeam ProjectsPresentationsProject Plans
Universities are Obsessed with Papers
CREATE
CREATE
A Wikihelps
Committees Research StudentsSECRETARY
Key Elements for Involvement
LEAD
MARKS
OBJECTIVES
CLEAR
TASKS
U of S Students Say
Throughout my undergraduate and graduate studies I had never been assigned such a unique and challenging project. It was unique in that I had never used or even heard of a “Wiki.”
It definitely inspired me to consider the future uses of such technology in my own work or future projects that require a lot of collaboration.
Wiki Limitations
New technologyWikis are new to you as a faculty member and
new to the university as a whole. Policies and
support systems are still being developed.
Web-based writingContent created on wikis and copied to a word
document lose their formatting. This may be an
important consideration when preparing
collaborative articles for publication.
How might you use a wiki?
?You need to become proficient with Wikis before asking your students to use them.
How might your students use a wiki?
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