Wide Open Spaces: Wikis Ready or Not

By Brian Lamb. 2004

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Wiki as a Teaching Tool (2007, background): “Lamb (2004) reports that a wiki called "Why Use Wikis to Teach Writing" lists a number of the medium's strengths for the teaching of writing skills: • wikis stimulate writing ('fun' and 'wiki' are often associated); • wikis provide a low-cost but effective communication and collaboration tool (with…”
What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education (2007, background): “Proponents of the power of wikis cite the ease of use (even playfulness) of the tools, their extreme flexibility and open access as some of the many reasons why they are useful for group working (Ebersbach et al., 2006; Lamb, 2004).”
Is wiki an effective platform for group course work (2008, methodology): “The distance and on campus students’ approach to group leadership was quite different: 60% of the distance students disagreed with the statement "our group had a leader/leaders", but no on campus students disagreed with this statement.”