Wikis: A Practical Guide for Educators

(George Mason Univ. wiki workshop )

Course Overview

Welcome to the workshop!  We will discuss some practical ways to use wikis for class assignments, group projects, collaborative writing projects, and collective decision-making activities.

In today's workshop, you will learn:

1.) What a wiki is, how standard wikis work, & explore different types of wiki tools

2.) How to set up a wiki using one of the popular web-hosted, free wiki tools

3.) Pedagogical applications

Workshop References

Wikis in Education, Stewart Mader

Workshop Tutorial (free only through September 2007 via Atomic Learning)

PBwiki Tutorials