The Learning Curve
November 28th, 2006Spending the semester learning about the variety of instructional technology applications has been interesting and daunting.
So far, I’m troubled by the fact that my idea for making video content available for my class next semester has progressed very far. But, I have had some decent results exploring the use of MediWiki.
I set up two wikis this semester to support group tasks I was involved with, and these devices have seemed to be a useful way to facilitate group collaboration. One project involved the creation of a new undergraduate research course, and the other is an on-going project involving review of general education requirements at UMW.
Before this semester, I’d been to the Wikipedia only a few times and had never set up (or even thought of setting up) a wiki. So, the exposure to that technology has been quite useful. While I haven’t thought of how to apply this in a class, I can imagine there are lots of uses. In fact, I’m thinking that this might even be a bit more functional than a blog on certain types of class tasks and projects.