For those interested in empirical evidence that Wiki's *are* useful in educational environments here are a few references from a few quick web searches, some are not refereed papers, but some are (the later ones require an ACM membership to download I'm afraid). None of them are specifically focussed on Adult Education, but they illustrate successful uses of Wiki's in education domains.
http://www.e-strategy.ubc.ca/news/update0403/040324-wikis.html http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiInEducation http://edtech.coedit.net/WikisInTheClassroom http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=544473&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=3783817 1&CFTOKEN=8258690 http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=985765&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=3783817 1&CFTOKEN=8258690 There is a need for more formal evaluation of wiki's in education, but the above will provide some starting points for those interested. Ross > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Ross Gardler > Sent: 02 February 2005 16:34 > To: 'The Digital Divide Network discussion group' > Subject: RE: [DDN] FW: [NIFL-HEALTH:4627] Adult Literacy > education Wiki > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alfred > > Bork > > Sent: 01 February 2005 23:54 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'The Digital Divide Network discussion group' > > Subject: RE: [DDN] FW: [NIFL-HEALTH:4627] Adult Literacy education > > Wiki > > > > ... > > > It can be done, but not > > if intelligent people jump on ANY new bandwagon that appears. > > Agreed. > > > We need to focus our energies and insist on empirical > > information, not vague mostly emotional personal experiences > > and arguments. > > Firstly, I would be careful of making assumptions about the > experiences of > people in this group. > > Secondly, how are we to get this empirical evidence if we are not to > experiment with all potential solutions? > > Finally, if you have empirical evidence that supports your > position please > provide it and save us all some time. > > > Only one in ten people in the world has > > internet access, and it is often marginal at best, No > > software on the current Internet will solve the massive > > problem of adult literacy > > I think you missed the proposed use of the Wiki. It is as an > information > gathering source for those who *do* have Internet > connectivity. Not as a > tool for the adult learners themselves. > > > I will be happy to send the outline of my new book, and other > > information, to interested people. Please write to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . It proposes to solve the 'education for all' > > problem with adaptive learning. > > I would be very interested in reading this outline. Perhaps > you could go as > far as contributing your expertise on the application of > adaptive learning > to the proposed adult learning Wiki so that we can all > benefit from your > experience. It wouldn't do any harm to place it on other > wiki's such as > http://www.wikipedia.org (over 400,000 English articles and a further > 450,000 in various other languages) or > http://www.wikibooks.org (thousands > of Open Content books). > > Ross > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.2 - Release Date: 28/01/2005 > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.2 - Release Date: 28/01/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.2 - Release Date: 28/01/2005 _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
