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Using Wikis to Transform Teaching & Learning in Project-Oriented Classes

University of Massachusetts Instructional Technology Conference
Fred Martin, Computer Science
Don Rhine, Graduate School of Education
UMass Lowell

April 11, 2008

URL for this wiki: http://www.cs.uml.edu/ecg/index.php/Presentations/ITC20080411

UMass Dartmouth's Site

Here is our 1-page session proposal.

UMass Lowell has a campus-wide site now http://www.wiki.uml.edu

• We held a 4 hour training in January 2008
• Now there are dozens of sites and more than 150 users

Top 6 Reasons to Use Wikis:

1. It's easy to create a simple web site

• Undergraduate Art Appreciation
• TEAMS Academy - On first day, gave 15 minutes of wiki instruction to students (limit of instructor's knowledge!). Result: http://www.cs.uml.edu/teams-academy
• Trust your students - Don & Fred give students full access - let THEM drive design!!

2. Student collaborate on team projects (and can share with public)

• TEAMS Academy Assistive Technology Projects
• TEAMS Academy Egg Hunt Competition
• Software Engineering / Game Design class

3. Faculty collaboration in course development

• Artbotics with Holly Yanco (CS), Fred Martin, (CS) and Hyun Ju Kim (Art)
• Radical Design with Georges Grinstein, Sarah Kuhn, and Fred Martin

4. Blog of classroom activity & class management

• TEAMS Academy Robotics and Electronics
• An undergraduate software engineering course
• TEAMS Academy Home Page/Calendar

5. Create public Q&A forum around assignments

• Undergraduate essay writing course
• TEAMS Academy course assignment & help page

6. Building a community with students and faculty (personal & fun pages)

• TEAMS Academy Personal Student Wikis
• TEAMS Academy College Page