Wikis have been around for a long time now and have an established place in how we can provide space for students to collaborate. The can be community-building and purposeful. Many web tools can be thought of in one of two ways – as author-centric (most blogs are author-centric – the authorship of the posts is typically individually done). Conversely, wikis are topic-centric. Thus the voice and writing is not individual but rather is collective. They can also engage students in most and sometimes all higher order thinking in Bloom’s taxonomy.
Here are examples of wikis at some other institutions:
There are a couple options for wikis at TRU. One is to use the wiki feature in Moodle – a downside to this is that it remains in the course shell and does not become a public document. That said, there may be instances where that is preferred.
The other option is through Kumu Wiki – For courses, you can have a Kumu Wiki created for your course.
These are just a handful of possible ways to encourage and facilitate collaboration.