01.08.06
Wikis in the Classroom
I am going to attempt to get my students this semester to use a wiki, so I have spent the past few weeks getting things set up for the semester that begins tomorrow. I have identified the software (pmWiki), installed it, configured it, and tested it. In addition to that, I have had to become versed enough in it to be able to guide my students in its use.
My intent is to have each of my classes (each has their own wiki set up) develop content that I will retain for subsequent semesters. The content will revolve around the topic of the class. The classes I teach are undergraduate courses (Internetworking and Tecommunications Programming with VB.NET) and a graduate MBA course in Management Information Systems. As I experiment with this during the semester, with the different levels of students, I will report back here periodically on my progress. My undergraduates are very tech-savvy Computer Information Systems majors, but my MBA students come from lots of different disciplines and tend not to be very technical. The contrast will give me, hopefully, a good idea of how well a wiki tool will work as a collaborative tool. Stay tuned.
