 | I have a background in publishing, as a designer and many years ago was a secondary art teacher for nearly a decade. I originally enrolled in a PG Cert in Flexible Learning as part of what seems to be a constantly evolving process of reinventing myself after a long gap out of the workforce to have children. But I am enjoying studying so much that I recently transferred to a Master of Education Technology.
I have developed a strong interest in using wikis within education and have recently been a sessional facilitator in RMIT University’s Graduate School of Business where I have established and facilitated the development of wikis for students studying knowledge management. I have also started running workshops on effective use of wikis in education at lab.3000 |
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Currently studying—Semesters 2 & 3 2007
FET8661 Masters Project II
I have established
FET8661 2007 Perdita as a development page for my project and
Teams LX to explore the strengths and weaknesses of using this wiki software.
Have completed
FET5601 Instructional Design for Flexible Learning
FET5621 Introduction to Web Publishing
FET5622 Creating Interactive Multimedia
FET8611 Emerging Environments for Learning
FET8602 Evaluating Innovative Learning Programs
Links from past courses
FET5621
Camberwell Assignment 1
Step Into knowledgeGarden Assignment 4
FET5622
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
FET8611
WikiWhys
FET8611—Assignment 2 progress report
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Link to facilitated page
Other pages I have contributed to
Strategies
My intention is to develop the page using input from a variety of sources: personal experiences and ideas (mine and others), journal articles and industry magazines. I think the process of developing and managing the page will have similarities with designing a learning experience.
Attract and maintain interest in the page:
- I will attempt to make content as accessible as possible by:
- Thinking carefully about structuring (varying approaches and ways of requesting input) throughout the page to help maintain interest.
- Designing it to be at least easy to use and hopefully to have a distinctive look (maybe through the inclusion of a limited number of images) to help make it quickly identifiable. I think making pages visually distinctive is becoming more important as kG grows.
- Advertising: wider kG community through my UserPage and limited posts to the Shoutbox; to others in the 8611 group (particularly the workgroup) through Action Flash Workgroup Page, and linking to other pages wherever relevant.
- Feed the page:
- I want the page to develop with a deliberate strategy of unfolding. Input will be requested progressively (small/easy contributions first) in an attempt to increase contributions. I think people will find it easier to contribute small amounts frequently rather than ‘all in one hit’.
- Respond quickly to input from the community.
- Build community within the page: e.g. add your name if you are using or considering using a wiki. Will need to think about varying this as I have recently added a contacts list of people running wikis to Establishing your own wiki. Maybe use a guestbook that includes comments.
Problems
- I wonder if the content is too broad? As I read more about the use of wikis, I think about changing direction. I see it as a balance between being flexible to go in new directions and staying on track to make the page happen!
- I’ve noticed that I’ve done more work on Establishing your own wiki than I have on my facilitated page. There are overlaps, but that page seems to look at the more technical issues. I would prefer to concentrate more on the issues relating to application, but I see the two as closely linked. Deciding on what fits onto each page will be interesting. My idea at this stage is to make frequent use of links between the 2 pages.
- Boring title! Need to change it.
- Time. Balancing my time between demands of knowledgeGarden and WebCT will be a challenge.
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