Working with wikis_symposium

Symposium November 2010

Virtual Classroom within Philips and Océ

Irene Mikkers-Verhoeven / Eric Vlaanderen

Before we begin…

In case at the end of this session …

there are still questions open which are not answered …

specific topics related to VC have not been discussed…

you like to share your experience with Virtual Classrooms with us …

or any other open point related to VC …

Discussion forum or …

Online workshop (< 4 weeks from now) with Irene and Eric

For registration see handouts

Agenda

� Informal Learning Example– Sharing expertise between Philips and Océ

� What is a Virtual Classroom?� Live Virtual Classroom – Working with Wikis� Strengths and Weaknesses� Virtual Classroom – Collaborative learning

Sharing expertise between Philips and Oce

Henk Annema

Agenda



What is a Virtual Classroom?

a Virtual Classroom, often also referred as synchronous e-learning,

can be defined as a synchronous learning environment, where teachers and students are physically separated

Live - real timeStudents and trainers (synchronous)Communication via electronic media

ScheduledLearning oriented interaction

Concurrent learning

Typical Virtual Classroom setup

StudentPaula - UK

TrainerJennifer - FR

StudentJohn - NO

Co-TrainerJohn - US

Agenda



Participants

Andre Spijkerman

Leo Coolegem

Wil van der Linden

Guest

Working with the collaboration application

Course Objectives

� After this training participants should be able to:� describe what a wiki is� describe how a wiki can facilitate collaboration� create a wiki page.� add a link to a wiki page� track changes on a wiki library� set alerts� answer the following question: Related to your current job, how can a Wiki

help you?

Course objectives clear?Please use the feedback icons

Course Objectives


help you?

What is a Wiki …

Please view the Commoncraft video about

Wiki’s

Use the “Yes” feedback icon after you have seen

the movie

Let’s check your knowledge by means of a

poll …

Wiki Definition and Characteristics

� Wiki Definition

� A wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser. A whole set of Wiki pages is called a Wiki library.

� Wiki’s are often used among a group of people collaborating on the same documents (manuals, requirements etc.)

Mention one or more characteristics of a Wiki.

Use the chat!

Definition and characteristics clear?

Use the feedback icons

� Wiki Definition

� A wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser. A whole set of Wiki pages is called a Wiki library.

� Wiki’s are often used among a group of people collaborating on the same documents (manuals, requirements etc.)

Any questions?

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Questions?

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Course Objectives


help you?

Demonstration – Create a Wiki page

Case 1, Exercise 1: Create your own Wiki page

Your main task:

Go to the Wiki Training site: http://how-wikis-work.wikispaces.com/

Execute the following tasks:

Create your own Wiki page, using the text in the case document

Format the text and embed a Youtube video as described in the case document

Time: 7 minutes

After you have executed above tasks, answer the question in the poll.

Is the assignment clear?Use the feedback icons

http://how-wikis-work.wikispaces.com/



Case 1, Exercise 1: Discussion

Lets view one of the Wiki pages …

Lets check the poll results …

What was your main learning point …

Use the chat.

Important things to remember

� A wiki library is a collection of web based documents� Easy creation and editing� Website� Interlinked pages� Collaboration

� WikiSpaces contains a simple WYSIWYG editor available to format text.

� Various widgets are available to integrate media elements from other websites

Any questions?

Vragen

Ερωτήσεις Fragen

Domande

Preguntas

Perguntas

Questions?

CwestiwnQuestions

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Training Method: Characteristics – Our view

Training Characteristics + Neutral -

From customer perspective

Concurrent Learning

Trainer availability

Social presence

Business Interruption

Training in your own speed

Training on demand

From training organization perspective

Student population (size, accessibility)

Flexibility in (re) scheduling

Training roll-out costs

Training organization efforts

Web Based Learning Virtual Classroom Traditional Classroom

Training Methodologies: Overview

VirtualClassroom

(VC)

Web BasedLearning (WBL)

Traditional Classroom(CLASS)

Once you decided that training is part of the solution,

remember that …

Each methodology has its specific strengths and weaknesses.

so…..think blended!

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Collaborative Learning - Communities

Time

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Formal

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

Informal

WikiStandards/Manuals/Business Req.

Workshops

ChatHi Elke, can

you …

ForumI have a problem with ..

Reminder!

In case at the end of this session …

there are still questions open which are not answered …

specific topics related to VC have not been discussed…

you like to share your experience with Virtual Classrooms with us …

or any other open point related to VC …

Discussion forum or …

Online workshop (< 4 weeks from now)

For Registration: See handouts

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