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This session will examine how to set up wikis that can be used as powerfully interactive tools for online collaboration, communication, and classroom management. ||^  ||
 * **Working with Wikis: Learning and Collaborating in a Virtual Space** ||  ||
 * //Nathan Whitley-Grassi, Empire State College//



Objectives: -Participants will leave having signed up for a free Wiki account -Participants will gain an understand and ability to demonstrate basic Wiki management and design
 * Purpose & Objectives**

-Gain an understanding in how Wikis can be used to facilitate collaboration -Examine several examples of Wikis designed for group work as well as to create learning communities. Long Abstract: Wikis are one of the most powerful and accessible web 2.0 tools. They easily provide a quick web presence for any educator without any skills, knowledge, or experience in web design. The product can be a powerfully interactive tool for online collaboration and publishing. Wikis may be edited by one person, a controlled group of people, such as a class, or open to the worldwide community. It still provides for the ability to recover historical versions and monitor individual edits by users in case of inappropriate use. In this session we will discover how wikis can help enhance participants’ teaching skills. By exposing students to new technologies, like wikis, they will update the way they participate with one another, how student and instructor created materials can be shared to improve the learning experience. During the session participants will create or modify at least one wiki, experiment with embedding Web 2.0 tools, graphics, videos, podcast, and other technologies into a wiki. They will collaborate in small groups to design a mini lesson on a wiki. Participants will integrate multiple resources accessed from the Web that will allow them to enhance the mini lesson. The use of wikis will provide accessibility to extend authentic learning and enhance collaboration both within the classroom and beyond. Participants will see how wikis can be used by instructors, students, parents and peers as a tool for communication and collaboration. Participants will log onto the wiki session page and be introduced to the material, then be advised by the facilitator in the creation and monitoring of their own wiki. **Outline** 0-9: Introduction, Icebreaker, signing up for free Wiki account

10-19: Demonstration and Practice with basic Wiki editing and management.

20-29: Advanced Wiki tools, including; discussions, user and security settings.

30-39: Discussion of student collaboration, group work, and learning communities.

40-49:Demonstration of specific examples of Wiki projects

50-60: Questions **Supporting Research** Beldarrain, Y. (2006). "Distance education trends: Integrating new technologies to foster student interaction and collaboration." Distance Education 27(2): 139-153. Carter, J. (2009). Lines of communication: Using a WIKI in a mathematics course. Primus: Problems, Resources & Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies, 19(1), 1-17. Clark, C. & Mason, E. (2008). A wiki way of working. Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 13(1), 113-132. Elgort, I., Smith, A., & Toland, J. (2008). Is Wiki an effective platform for group course work? Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 24(2), 195-210. Hazari, S., North, A., & Moreland, D. (2009). Investigating pedagogical value of Wiki technology. Journal of Information Systems Education, 20(2), 187-198. Moskaliuk, J., Kimmerle, J., & Cress, U. (2009). Wiki-supported learning and knowledge building: effects of incongruity between knowledge and information. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 25(6), 549-561. Neumann, D., & Hood, M. (2009). The effects of using a wiki on student engagement and learning of report writing skills in a university statistics course. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 25(3), 382-398. Roberts, T. S. & J. M. McInnerney (2007). Seven problems of online group learning (and their solutions). Educational Technology and Society 10(4): 257-268. Skiba, D. (2005). Do your students Wiki? Nursing Education Perspectives, 26(2), 120-121. Stewart, B. L. (2004). Online learning: a strategy for social responsibility in educational access. The Internet and Higher Education 7(4): 299-310. Vratulis, V. & Dobson, T. M. (2008). Social negotiations in a Wiki environment: a case study with pre-service teachers. Educational Media International, 45(4), 285-294.

**Presenter Background**
Nathan E. Whitley-Grassi

PhD candidate, Educational Technology, Walden University
 * Education: **

Faculty Instructional Technologist, State University of New York, Empire State College Lecturer, Department of Sociology & Department of Criminal Justice, Niagara University
 * Current Positions: **

Instruct courses in face-to-face and online formats (NU). Provide regular advisement to faculty teaching in blended and online formats including, curriculum design, and technology management(ESC).
 * Background: **

@http://nathan.whitley-grassi.com ||
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