[Air-l] 17 July 2007: WIKI RESEARCH WORKSHOP

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

17 July 2007: WIKI RESEARCH WORKSHOP
CSCL2007 RUTGERS STATE UNIVERSITY, NEW JERSEY.

WORKSHOP TITLE: EMERGING ISSUES IN WIKI RESEARCH: KNOWLEDGE
ADVANCEMENT AND DESIGN

Aims & Objectives:
Wiki technology is increasingly explored as a means of
supporting collaborative learning activities. The flexibility of
wikis' open architecture, the social and democratic aspects of
authoring shared spaces and texts, and the potential to expand
functionalities through the design of metadata holds enormous
appeal for schools, universities, museums, workplaces and
virtual communities. The aim of this workshop is to identify
emerging issues and perspectives in CSCL research that are
central to the development and design of wiki technology as a
platform for knowledge advancement.

Topics Include:
The workshop will draw on CSCL research to explore two
interrelated themes: design and knowledge advancement. The
knowledge advancement theme explores the educational use of
wikis inside different kinds of institutions and knowledge
domains. How do the open architecture and shared authorship
features of wiki software challenge the structure of classroom
cultures and established concepts of accountability in
collaborative knowledge building? The design theme explores the
balance and design of affordances and features such as prompts
and reminders to support cognitive development and social
interaction in wikis. Designs that afford spaces for teachers
and other types of experts will also be in focus.

Activities:
Participants will be invited to contribute to a 'wiki on wiki
research' in advance of the full-day workshop. Topics raised in
the wiki will inform the planning of workshop activities.
Speakers will briefly introduce and lead a series of moderated
discussions to exchange ideas and debate these central issues.
Redesign of the 'wiki research wiki' as a CSCL resource is
planned as a topic.

Contact person:
Andreas Lund, InterMedia, University of Oslo
andreas.lund at intermedia.uio.no

jeremy hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,  
School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee  
(www.cipr.uwm.edu)

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