Wikis for University Faculty

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

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Peanut Butter Wiki (no longer active) (Anyone can see, only I edit)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

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.

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

How might your students use a wiki?
?

Wikis for University Faculty

by Deirdre Bonnycastle on Oct 28, 2009

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