Wikis and University Faculty Deirdre Bonnycastle College of Medicine October 28 th , 2009

What is a Wiki? A wiki is a website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change available content. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring. Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

A wiki is a website that allows the visitors themselves to

easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change

available content.

This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an

effective tool for mass collaborative authoring.

Clinical Informatics Wiki http://www.informatics-review.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Student Doctor Wiki http://more.studentdoctor.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

I use several wikis for Research and Committee work because the team always knows that we are working on the most current document. -Dr. Marcel D’Eon Faculty of Medicine

Committees Research Students S T O R E S S T O R E S S T O R E S Minutes Contact Info Images Agendas Reports Documentation Articles Statistics Images Interviews Articles Links Resources Questions Syllabus Universities are Obsessed with Paper A Wiki

Committee Wiki (Invisible to public, multiple editors)

Deirdre’s Post Workshop Wiki (Anyone can see, three people edit) https://wiki.usask.ca/display/db/Home

Faculty Development Wiki (Anyone can see, ten people edit) http://medicaleducation.wetpaint.com/

Peanut Butter Wiki (no longer active) (Anyone can see, only I edit)

College of Nursing Wiki (Anyone can view, multiple editors)

Committees Research Students C R E A T E Plans Projects Draft Reports Draft Documentation Plans Draft Papers & Presentations Papers Team Projects Presentations Project Plans Universities are Obsessed with Papers C R E A T E C R E A T E A Wiki helps

Committees Research Students S E C R E T A R Y Key Elements for Involvement L E A D M A R K S O B J E C T I V E S C L E A R T A S K S

U of S Students Say Throughout my undergraduate and graduate studies I had never been assigned such a unique and challenging project. It was unique in that I had never used or even heard of a “Wiki.” It definitely inspired me to consider the future uses of such technology in my own work or future projects that require a lot of collaboration.

Throughout my undergraduate and graduate studies I had never been assigned such a unique and challenging project. It was unique in that I had never used or even heard of a “Wiki.”

It definitely inspired me to consider the future uses of such technology in my own work or future projects that require a lot of collaboration.

Wiki Limitations New technology Wikis are new to you as a faculty member and new to the university as a whole. Policies and support systems are still being developed. Web-based writing Content created on wikis and copied to a word document lose their formatting. This may be an important consideration when preparing collaborative articles for publication.

New technology

Wikis are new to you as a faculty member and

new to the university as a whole. Policies and

support systems are still being developed.

Web-based writing

Content created on wikis and copied to a word

document lose their formatting. This may be an

important consideration when preparing

collaborative articles for publication.

How might you use a wiki? ? You need to become proficient with Wikis before asking your students to use them.

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How might your students use a wiki? ?

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