[Air-L] assigning wikipedia
Maria E.Gonzalez
gonzalez at ischool.utexas.edu
Wed Nov 12 15:33:24 PST 2008
a wiki tool in Bb? what is it called?
how did I miss that?
is that a special add-on?
--
Maria E. Gonzalez
gonzalez at ischool.utexas.edu
Quoting Jennie Hwang <jmhwang at calpoly.edu>:
Hi
I'm teaching Media Effects and using the Blackboard wiki tool
for
student group projects. The Blackboard wiki does not work like
Wikipedia, but utilizes similar ideas of "open space" and
"group
collaboration." The Blackboard wiki is not public, and only
enrolled
students have access to it. However, this tool allows students
to use
this work space to create and construct their own research
content
with regard to a particular media effects topic (e.g., effects
of
violence and sex, agenda setting, cultivation, U&G, effects of
new
media, etc.). Apparently my students don't actively use wiki,
blogs,
podcasts before taking this class, we spent a lot of time to
learn
the basic functions, give each other critiques, and gradually
develop the content to have a better focus and organization.
However, most of them enjoy the "learning by doing" practice
and find
the wiki project useful and interesting.
jennie hwang
assistant professor, communication
cal poly, san luis obispo
> On Nov 11, 2008, at 11:02 AM, air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org
wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:44:14 -0800
>> From: David M Silver <dmsilver at usfca.edu>
>> Subject: [Air-L] assigning students their college/university
>> wikipedia
>> page
>> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>> Message-ID: <fe8cd435d694.d694fe8cd435 at usfca.edu>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> aoir people,
>>
>> has anyone had any experience with assigning students the
task of
>> altering, improving, and tweaking their university page on
>> wikipedia? in
>> other words, has anyone assigned their college/university
>> wikipedia page
>> as a site of construction for a class? if so, i'm curious to
hear any
>> anecdotes, experiences, best-practices, relevant readings,
and
>> anything
>> else you wish to share.
>>
>> david silver
>> http://silverinsf.blogspot.com
>
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