Comments on: Moodle Wishlist (4) http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2008/06/moodle-wishlist-4/ Exploring ed tech, social media & learning Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:03:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joyce http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2008/06/moodle-wishlist-4/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Joyce Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:22:53 +0000 http://thebach.edublogs.org/?p=32#comment-22 Hey Kim, thanks for reading my post. I worked with 4 different teachers. Only in one case were the students fully online. The others were regular classroom-based courses or block courses. In 2 cases the teachers introduced the wiki in the classroom. In one of the block courses and the online version, I did an introduction session. Students in classroom and online really liked them. Tips for introducing wikis in Moodle: - remind students that after a longer period of time, the page will time out. So to either save the wiki page regularly or do the work in word processor and paste, - explain the history/versioning straight away, this provides much peace of mind, - when using in the classroom, explain that only one person can edit at a time, but there is no warning and so may overwrite someone else's work. (Mmm, suppose warning or locking the page could go on my wishlist too) - nothing beats <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY" rel="nofollow">Lee LeFever's common craft video Wikis in Plain English </a>to explain how wikis work. I introduce this video by linking it to a problem they've all encountered, trying to write a group essay or group report. Start with one copy, send to 4 group members, they send their edits back, now there's 5 copies, repeat and there's 10 copies. This usually rings some bells, what, an entire glockenspiel ; ). Hey Kim, thanks for reading my post. I worked with 4 different teachers. Only in one case were the students fully online. The others were regular classroom-based courses or block courses.

In 2 cases the teachers introduced the wiki in the classroom. In one of the block courses and the online version, I did an introduction session.

Students in classroom and online really liked them. Tips for introducing wikis in Moodle:

- remind students that after a longer period of time, the page will time out. So to either save the wiki page regularly or do the work in word processor and paste,
- explain the history/versioning straight away, this provides much peace of mind,
- when using in the classroom, explain that only one person can edit at a time, but there is no warning and so may overwrite someone else’s work. (Mmm, suppose warning or locking the page could go on my wishlist too)
- nothing beats Lee LeFever’s common craft video Wikis in Plain English to explain how wikis work. I introduce this video by linking it to a problem they’ve all encountered, trying to write a group essay or group report. Start with one copy, send to 4 group members, they send their edits back, now there’s 5 copies, repeat and there’s 10 copies. This usually rings some bells, what, an entire glockenspiel ; ).

]]> By: Nigel Robertson http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2008/06/moodle-wishlist-4/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Nigel Robertson Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:18:16 +0000 http://thebach.edublogs.org/?p=32#comment-21 Couldn't agree more about the usability of the Moodle wiki (and blog!) There seems to be an assumption that people will come from a wiki background instead of a diverse background that may not have included this sort of technology. Not looking like nWiki will offer improvements in this area :( Couldn’t agree more about the usability of the Moodle wiki (and blog!) There seems to be an assumption that people will come from a wiki background instead of a diverse background that may not have included this sort of technology. Not looking like nWiki will offer improvements in this area :(

]]> By: Kim http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/2008/06/moodle-wishlist-4/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Kim Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:38:17 +0000 http://thebach.edublogs.org/?p=32#comment-20 I love wikis, but am a bit scared about how online students will react to them. Have these students had a f2f introduction? I love wikis, but am a bit scared about how online students will react to them. Have these students had a f2f introduction?

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