Week 4: Building

Overview February 4th - February 10th

This week we will be looking at wikis for:

• class content management and collaborative projects
• presentations and creative collaborative writing in the classroom
• planning of education projects linked with the development of free content
• development of open content for e-learning on Wikieducator

Guest: Wayne MacIntosh
Theme: Building Open Content on Wikis (OER and Wikieducator projects)
Date and Time: Wednesday February 6th at 21 GMT (please check your local time)
Venue: Elluminate (join here)

This is an open meeting. Attendees don’t require a password to join (further instructions).

Activities

Pre-reading and viewing before guest presentation: View and read the material above and jot down any questions you may have for the presenter.

• What is WikiEducator?
• Wayne MacIntosh’s Slidecast on Wikieducator
• Definition of Free Cultural Works

Readings

• Brian Lamb (2004) - Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not
• Claudia Ceraso (September 2007): The EFL Course wiki as a writers’ community
• Vicki Davis (2007): Flat Classroom Wiki
• Graham Wegner (December 2007): Parable 2.0
• Kim Tucker Say Libre

Benchmarks

I have:

• watched and read the material related to wikis, free content and licenses
• joined a collaboration group
• brainstormed and contributed to the discussion in the appropriate forum
• started collaborating on a learning sequence in the appropriate wiki