Research Topic Resources

Topic: Wikis as a Teacher Professional Development Tool

A wiki, which is a Hawaiian word meaning “quick,” is a website that allows people to collaborate and share ideas and information in a series of linked web pages on a specific topic. These web pages can include text, hyperlinks, images, audio, and video. It is one of many Web 2.0 components used to intensify the learning process. Wikis are wonderful tools to help enrich instruction in schools as they facilitate communication and collaboration among the administration and school staff.  Educators can share documents and even online productivity applications.  The wiki then becomes both a personal and community learning network that benefits the entire school.

  
Resources:

Ferriter, B. (2009). Learning with blogs and wikis. Educational Leadership, 66(5), 34-38. Retrieved November 10, 2009 from http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.dist.lib.usu.edu/hww/results/external_link_maincontentframe.jhtml?_DARGS=/hww/results/results_commo...

Foley, B. & Chang, T. (2006). Wiki as a professional development tool, at American Education Research Association annual meeting, April 7-11, 2006, San Francisco. Retrieved November 10, 2009 from http://www.csun.edu/~bfoley/AERA_Wiki.pdf

Henke, K. (2007). 5 Web 2.0 Time Savers. Technology & Learning, 27(11), 32-33. Retrieved November 10, 2009 from http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.dist.lib.usu.edu/hww/results/results_single_fulltext.jhtml;hwwilsonid=CHPENQRJBVEY3QA3DINCFF4ADUNGIIV0

 

Imperatore, C. (2009, March). Wikis and blogs: Your keys to student collaboration & engagement. Techniques: Connecting Education & Careers, 84(3), 30-31. Retrieved November 10, 2009 from http://web.ebscohost.com.dist.lib.usu.edu/ehost/pdf?vid=4&hid=106&sid=93ab7e23-fc8a-4767-9e56-6f859004ff95%40sessionmgr104

Knobel, M. & Lankshear, C. (2009, April). Wikis, digital literacies, and professional growth. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52(7), 631-634. Retrieved November 2009 from http://www.jstor.org.dist.lib.usu.edu/stable/pdfplus/20468416.pdf

Matthew, K. & Felvegi, E. (2009, May/June). Learning course content by creating a wiki. TechTrends, 53(3), 67-73.

Nielsen, L. (2009). Eight ways to use wikis. Technology & Learning, 30(1), 32-33. Retrieved November 2009 from http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.dist.lib.usu.edu/hww/results/results_single_fulltext.jhtml;hwwilsonid=CHPENQRJBVEY3QA3DINCFF4ADUNGIIV0
 

Parker, K. & Chao, J. (2007). Wiki as a teaching tool. Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects, 3(1), 57-72. Retrieved November 2009 from http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu