Monday, October 30, 2006

 

Evaluation of Site Regarding Wikis in Education

This website is a wiki. It is a factual site that defines wikis, gives a number of examples of how wikis can be used in educational settings, lists a number of courses and descriptions of how the courses have used wikis, and lists links to wiki tools, demonstration videos, papers, lesson plans, illustrations, blogs, universities, and others. The site is very informative and contains many reliable, pertinent inbedded links. It it maintained by Jason Pearce of Lambda Chi Alpha and was modified within the last 2 1/2 months.

The site is well maintained and easy to navigate. I found no broken links, and the links are as described. It provides a large amount of both definitive and descriptive information. There is an index to the site and tools for those who would like to contribute to the wiki. Contribution and editing require a login.

For those who want a good overview of how people have used wikis in education, this site is a treasure trove. It provides a lot of concrete ideas of how to implement wikis in a class and also raises issues that must be considered when using wikis.

Comments:
How trustworthy is the information in this site and what makes you believe that?

Think about URL, Organization (i.e., university, government, etc), and other 'hints' that could give people the impression of whether the site is trustworthy.

Dan
 
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