Blogs And Wikis In Teaching And Learning

Blogs and Wikis in Teaching and Learning

Kenneth Gerard PintoCentre for Instructional Technology

National University of Singapore


OutlineAbout blogsWhy blogs?

NUS approach to blogsSuggested uses and examples of blogs in education

Future directions: 3 Ps


OutlineAbout wikisWhy wikis?

Suggested uses and examples of wikis in educationChallenges


About blogs


About blogs

web log


About blogs

weblog


About blogs

Blog characteristicsPosts

Reverse chronological orderArchives

CategoriesPermalinksTemplatesComments


Why blogs?


Why blogs?

They’re free (or almost) http://www.blogger.com/http://www.wordpress.com/http://edublogs.org/

Photo by Jonathan PobreFrom http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnny/255399662/

Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.0 License


Why blogs?

They’re easyIf you can email and use productivity software, you can blogNo HTML required*

Photo by Winston AvichFrom http://www.flickr.com/photos/winstonavich/189032152/

Creative Commons by 2.0 License


Why blogs?

They’re infinitely malleableCan serve numerous purposes

Photo by Matthew Chastain WrightFrom http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattwright/264740907/Creative Commons by-nc-sa 2.0 License


Why blogs?

You can add stuffImages | on the blog, flickr.com


Why blogs?

You can add stuffVideos | youtube.com


Why blogs?

You can add stuffVideos | teachertube.com


Why blogs?

You can add stuffPresentations | slideshare.net


NUS approach to blogs


2003


First known use of academic blogs in NUS

Dr John Christian Holbo


Reason & Persuasion

Reason & Persuasionhttp://examinedlife.typepad.com/ph1101egem1004/



June 2006:Launched

NUS Module Blogs



AimProvide one-clickblog creation,utilizing NUSNET ID

Photo by Christoph GommelFrom http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgommel/43850223/

Creative Commons by-nc-sa 2.0 License



Module-basedTies in with Course Management System

Provides starting point



Community ServerSupports LDAP

Staff using other blogs not forced to switch


Suggested uses and examples of blogs in

education


Leslie's use of blogs in educaton matrix

Scott LeslieMatrix of some uses of blogs in education. EdTechPost. Retrieved December 1, 2006 from

http://www.edtechpost.ca/mt/archive/000393.html

Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education


Farrell's five usesHenry Farrell

The street finds its own use for things. Crooked Timber. Retrieved on December 6, 2006 from http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/15/the-street-finds-its-own-use-for-things



Blogs as class websitesPC1432 Physics IIe

http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/pc1432/



Categories

Course Components

Course Information


Blogs as space to share about real life

applications/examplesLSM1303 Animal Behaviour

http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm1303/



Blogs as a place to direct class discussions

CL2280 Basic Translationhttp://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/cl2280/



Blogs as student-driven weekly summariesNM3216 Game Culture (Design) 1

http://gamingculture1.blogspot.com/



Blogs as student assignments

NM4210 User Experience DesignIndividual student blogs



Other blogs in NUS:e-journal

s/pores – New Directions in Singapore Studieshttp://spores.wordpress.com/



Other blogs in NUS:professional interest

Urban Transport Issues Asiahttp://urbantransportasia.blogspot.com/



Other blogs in NUS:corporate newsletterQblog (Office of Quality Management)

http://www.nus.edu.sg/oqm/blog/



Other blogs in NUS:museum blog

Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Researchhttp://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/news/



Other blogs in NUS:a blog about blogs

Using NUS Module Blogshttp://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/using_module_blogs/



Future directions:3 Ps


Possibilities

3 Ps


PersonalLearning

Environmenthttp://www.higheredblogcon.com/index.php/blogs-as-

personal-learning-environments/

Possibilities


Thesis/Project Reporting

Possibilities


Languages

Possibilities


ProfessionalDevelopment

Possibilities


Pitfalls

3 Ps


Copyright& Plagiarism

Pitfalls


Misuse & Mischief

Pitfalls


Privacy

Pitfalls


Programmes

3 Ps


Training for faculty staff: Using Community Server

Programmes


Training for faculty staff:Using blogs in education

Programmes


Training forstaff & students:

Using blogsfor lifelong learning

Programmes


About wikis


About wikisPhoto by Alan LevineFrom http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/19490596/Creative Commons by 2.0 License


About wikis

Hawai’ian for quick


About wikis

Webpage thatanyone can edit


About wikis


About wikis

Wiki characteristicsBlank slate

Collaborative editingFree-form structure

Version trackingDiscussion section


Why wikis?


Why wikis?

Collaboration


Suggested uses and examples of wikis in

education


7 suggestions

Using Wiki in Education. The Science of Spectroscopy Wiki. Retrieved on July 12, 2007 from http://www.scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?title=Using_wiki_in_education

Suggested uses and examples of wikis in education


Continual review



Resource sharing anddata collection



Group authoring



Bottomline:Group collaboration



Challenges


Challenges

Blank SlateDouble edged sword


Challenges

Blank SlateSolution: Scaffolding and Structure


Challenges

Cultural ResistanceMine is mine, yours is yours


Challenges

Cultural ResistanceSolution: Easing the students in


Challenges

Cultural ResistanceSolution: Editing pre-existing wikis


Challenges

Another language to learnWiki markup is different from HTML


Challenges

Another language to learnSolution: WYSIWYG


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