Educational Wiki

https://turtlestravel.wikispaces.com/EDEL20002

I have only used a Wiki during this Graduate Certificate to access information on other students Blog Pages.  So what is the difference between a Wiki and a Blog?

A blog consist of "postings" from the author and other members of the community or public post comments to that particular post.  No one person can change a comment or post made by another.

Whereas, a Wiki allows others to change what one person has written.  Therefore, it is an interactive web site that allow for interaction for others.  There is always a danger that some people can change your information or post false information on the Web.

Can a Wiki be used in my University Courses that I teach?  The simple answer is "YES".  You can use a Wiki to write your lecture notes onto a Wiki.  One of the advantages of using a Wiki over a Blog is that students can save there finished or unfinished projects in their own folders on a Wiki. This allows all students to view and edit those folders.  As a lecturer you can do teacher editing and grading by usingWikispaces and this done by the user settings and profiles.

I like the following YouTube video which teaches you how to Build an Educational Wiki:





Wow, I been able to embed my first video into a Blog.




After viewing the  above YouTube clip on Wikis in plain English, I now understand Wikis a little bit more. As a lecturer, am I gain enough to use a Wiki to help plan the trip in June as I am taking 10 nursing students to Singapore for a cultural experience.  At this stage, I am not sure.

I was originally wanting to set up a out-of-term Moodle Course for the Outbound Trip - this will enable me to do Blackboard Collaborate sessions with my students.  Then it was easier for CISAustralia to set up a web page to keep the students up-to-date with information.

http://www.cisaustralia.com.au/winter-study-abroad/custom/cqu-nursing-singapore

The other option that I thought of was doing a group Skype session.  I am not sure if I can use a Wikis for this activity?

This morning I had a brainwave (don't die) about using a Wiki instead of Blackboard Collaborate Session.  There is some advantages and disadvantages of using these means for assist students to have a forum to discuss Assessment Task.  Please refer to the below summary:

The only thing I would question is whether a Wiki is similar to the CQU Moodle site for courses?  Is this a form of a Wiki?  However, it was fun playing on my Wiki site.  This mode is something that I need to consider for my future teaching sessions with students.