One of the important discoveries was how collaborative wiki-based learning built on practical abilities in ways that than traditionally passive instructing doesn’t. Whereas in textbook based learning the activity focus is to get students to remember, understand and apply knowledge, collabrative learning encourages them to analyze, evaluate, and create.
Source: Wikinomics
It is not that wiki is still not in our minds or that wiki is really strange. It is that we are unaccustomed to collaborative work. Knowledge work is inherently collaborative. Wikis are a great way to learn to collaborate. Collaborative and cooperative learning should be encouraged to facilitate constructivist learning
Source: EDUCAUSE
Educationalwikis provides a list of:
- articles and resources that describe how to use wikis in education
- examples of educational wikis that we can learn from
Wikis4education is a collection of observations, best practices and lessons learned regarding the use of wikis in educational settings.
