Wikis and academic scholarship

Kolowich, S. (2010) Whither wikis? Inside Higher Education, July 14

This article takes a broad look at the use of wikis, particularly for academic scholarship/research, compared with student applications, and asks why greater use has not been made of wikis by faculty for this purpose. One reason seems to be the relative anonymity of a wiki [...]

List of web 2.0 tools for instruction

Lloyd, M. (2010) 18 Web 2.0 tools for instruction Campus Technology, April 28

This very useful article asks two experts, Sarah Robbins (aka Intellagirl), of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University-Bloomington, and Mark Frydenberg of Bentley University, to pick their favourite web 2.0 tools for instruction. Here’s their choices (read the article to find [...]

European wiki on virtual campuses – globally

Re.ViCa is a project funded by the European Commission. It is doing a review of Virtual Campuses all over Europe. As part of this project, and to disseminate its results, Re.Vica has created a wiki (www.virtualcampuses.eu).

Extract from the wiki:

The Re.ViCa wiki has been set up to provide an inventory and to show the [...]

Are We Ready to Use Wikipedia to Teach Writing?

Cummings, R. (2009) Are We Ready to Use Wikipedia to Teach Writing? Inside Higher Education, March 12

An interesting article about the use of Wikipedia, primarily focused on its use for teaching writing, but also making a number of points about the value of Wikipedia, as well as providing links to other articles on this topic.

3 Challenges (with Benefits) to Wiki Use in Instruction

Reynard, R. (2009) ‘3 Challenges (with Benefits) to Wiki Use in Instruction’ Campus Technology, 11 Feb

An excellent article on designing effective use of wikis for developing higher order skills and knowledge