1. Blogs and Wikis in Teaching and Learning Kenneth Gerard Pinto Centre for Instructional Technology National University of Singapore

2. Outline About blogs Why blogs? NUS approach to blogs Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education Future directions: 3 Ps

3. Outline About wikis Why wikis? Suggested uses and examples of wikis in education Challenges

4. About blogs

5. About blogs web log

6. About blogs weblog

7. About blogs we blog

8. About blogs Blog characteristics Posts Reverse chronological order Archives Categories Permalinks Templates Comments

9. Why blogs?

10. Why blogs? They’re free (or almost) http://www.blogger.com/ http://www.wordpress.com/ http://edublogs.org/ Photo by Jonathan Pobre From http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnny/255399662/ Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.0 License

11. Why blogs? They’re easy If you can email and use productivity software, you can blog No HTML required* Photo by Winston Avich From http://www.flickr.com/photos/winstonavich/189032152/ Creative Commons by 2.0 License

12. Why blogs? They’re infinitely malleable Can serve numerous purposes Photo by Matthew Chastain Wright From http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattwright/264740907/ Creative Commons by-nc-sa 2.0 License

13. Why blogs? You can add stuff Images | on the blog, flickr.com

14. Why blogs? You can add stuff Videos | youtube.com

15. Why blogs? You can add stuff Videos | teachertube.com

16. Why blogs? You can add stuff Presentations | slideshare.net

17. NUS approach to blogs

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21. NUS approach to blogs June 2006: Launched NUS Module Blogs

22. NUS approach to blogs Aim Provide one-click blog creation, utilizing NUSNET ID Photo by Christoph Gommel From http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgommel/43850223/ Creative Commons by-nc-sa 2.0 License

23. NUS approach to blogs Module-based Ties in with Course Management System Provides starting point

24. NUS approach to blogs Community Server Supports LDAP Staff using other blogs not forced to switch

25. Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education

27. Personal publishing not personal journal Suggested uses and examples of blogs in education

31. Categories Course Components Course Information

50. Future directions: 3 Ps

51. Possibilities 3 Ps

52. Personal Learning Environment http://www.higheredblogcon.com/index.php/blogs-as-personal-learning-environments/ Possibilities

53. Thesis/Project Reporting Possibilities

54. Languages Possibilities

55. Professional Development Possibilities

56. Pitfalls 3 Ps

57. Copyright & Plagiarism Pitfalls

58. Misuse & Mischief Pitfalls

59. Privacy Pitfalls

60. Programmes 3 Ps

61. Training for faculty staff: Using Community Server Programmes

62. Training for faculty staff: Using blogs in education Programmes

63. Training for staff & students: Using blogs for lifelong learning Programmes

64. Outline About wikis Why wikis? Suggested uses and examples of wikis in education Challenges

65. About wikis

66. About wikis Photo by Alan Levine From http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/19490596/ Creative Commons by 2.0 License

67. About wikis Hawai’ian for quick

68. About wikis Webpage that anyone can edit

69. About wikis

70. About wikis Wiki characteristics Blank slate Collaborative editing Free-form structure Version tracking Discussion section

71. Why wikis?

72. Why wikis? They’re free (or almost) http://www.wikispaces.com/ http://www.pbwiki.com/ http://www.wikimatrix.org/ Photo by Jonathan Pobre From http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnny/255399662/ Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.0 License

73. Why wikis? Collaboration

74. Suggested uses and examples of wikis in education

76. Continual review Suggested uses and examples of wikis in education

77. Resource sharing and data collection Suggested uses and examples of wikis in education

78. Group authoring Suggested uses and examples of wikis in education

79. Bottomline: Group collaboration Suggested uses and examples of wikis in education

81. Challenges

82. Challenges Blank Slate Double edged sword

83. Challenges Blank Slate Solution: Scaffolding and Structure

84. Challenges Cultural Resistance Mine is mine, yours is yours

85. Challenges Cultural Resistance Solution: Easing the students in

86. Challenges Cultural Resistance Solution: Editing pre-existing wikis

87. Challenges Another language to learn Wiki markup is different from HTML

88. Challenges Another language to learn Solution: WYSIWYG

89. [email_address] http://snipurl.com/bwintl