Online Virtual Workshop - Course Layout
Basic Wiki Skills
Blended Learning: A 5-Week Synchronous & Asynchronous Workshop
on Wiki Skills & Collaborative Learning
Contents
Course Objectives
By the end of the course participants will be able:
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Week 1 (Jul 3, 2009)
Online Virtual Session
Live online workshop for new members of Wikieducator on July 3, 2009 at 6PM GMT.
Goals of the Workshop:
- Demonstrate basic wiki skills
- Suggestions on how to collaborate on Wikieducator
Agenda for Session 1
Video Recording and Slides Presentation
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WikiEducator is...
- Please read Tutorial 1: What is a wiki?.
- See also:
Creating an Account
- Please read Tutorial 2: Create an account. Confirm your WikiEducator Account (look for an email in your email inbox)
- See also:
Using workshop pages
1. Enter your user name and real name on Usernames page. Notice that your User Name is (and your peers' User Names are) automatically hyperlinked to your/their User Pages
2. Introduce yourself to the other participants and welcome each other (the "wiki way") on the Introductions page.
3. Please share your motivations and hopes in taking this course on the Discussions page.
- Please add your Username and/or your wiki-signature to your entry. For instructions on how to add or personalize your wiki-signature see help page Signature.
4. Add feedback and questions on the Feedback page
Activities for the week
- Learn as much as you can about the Learning for Content (L4C) initiative.
- Review Help on the following help pages: Navigation and Help
- See also:
Week 2 (Jul 10, 2009)
Online Virtual Session
Agenda for Session 2
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Tutorials
Editing Basics
- Please read Tutorial 3 on Editing Basics.
Basic Text Formatting
- Please read Tutorial 4 on Basic text formatting
Using workshop pages
- Introduce yourself at Introductions page.
- Discuss about editing basics and text formatting at Discussions page.
- Add feedback and questions at Feedback page.
Activities for the week
- Practice your edits in your "sandbox".
- You may wish to download a pdf file on how to create a sandbox.
- Take the WikiEducator newcomer survey
Helpful External links
- Video
- Video
- Editing with wiki codes
- Easy to follow formatting
- All you need to know for advanced formatting of text
- Print these pages, and keep them close at hand when working on the wiki.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Quick_guide - Quick Guide
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page - How to Edit a Page
Week 3 (July 17, 2009)
Live online workshop for new members of Wikieducator on July 17, 2009 at 6PM GMT.
Goals of the Workshop:
- Demonstrate basic wiki skills
- Suggestions on how to collaborate on Wikieducator
Slides presentation for Session 3
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Tutorials
- Read Tutorial 5 on New Pages and Links
- Read Tutorial 6 on Images and Media
Activities for the week
Using workshop pages
- Discuss at Discussions page:
- 1. The various ways to create and access Wikieducator's new pages.
- 2. The different types of images and media allowed in Wikieducator and the importance of licensing artwork.
- 3. Wiki Ethics.
- Add feedback and questions at Feedback page.
Using your User Page
Here are possible headings to start you off on your profile. Please copy and paste the headings on your page. You can always change and/or add to these. For learning how to use "My Title" template {{MyTitle|Replace this text with the prefered title of your page}}, please see help page Personalizing wiki pages.
{{MyTitle|Replace this text with the prefered title of your page}}
=My Profile=
==Professional Background==
==Personal Background==
==My Interests==
==Photos==
==My Projects==
==My Sandbox==
==My Reflection==
==Feedback & Notes from my WikiNeighbours==
See Also
Helpful Videos
Week 4 (July 24, 2009)
Tutorials
- Read Tutorial 7 on Collaborative Editing
- Read Tutorial 8 on Communication and Interaction
Activities for the week
Using workshop pages
- 1. Leave a personal message on the User page of at least three different participants who have listed their user pages. To do this:
- go to the respective user page by clicking on a blue coloured link.
- click on the "Discussion" tab of the user page concerned (which you find at the top of the page). Add a positive comment on something you have seen on the member's user page, and if you have any ideas on how to improve the user page, offer some friendly advice.
- 2. If you receive a message from one of the other participants, send a reply by clicking on their user name which is displayed in the automatic signature below the message. Try and comment on something positive you have seen on their user page, and if you have any ideas on how to improve the user page offer some friendly advice.
- 3. In addition, you may wish to be a good wikineighbour and welcome the newest members.
- 4. Test the feature of adding a discussion item which relates to a content page on the wiki. Now find out another content page of interest on WikiEducator, go to its Discussion page and either start a new discussion or go through the on going discussions, and add your comments by clicking the Reply link.
- 5. Add feedback and questions at Feedback page.
