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--See below for the rationale for using wikis in learning

Wiki Sites

  • NCSU Student Wiki Pages HI 216
  • NCSU Student Wiki Pages HI 453/553
  • Dr. Slatta's History Rocks Wiki
  • Dr. Slatta's Cowboy History Wiki
  • NCSU WolkWiki Home page

    Help with Wiki creation and formatting

  • WolfWikis: Getting Started
  • Wiki examples and tips
  • Wiki Cheatsheet of formatting and other commands
  • Four pages of Wiki Commands and Information in PDF
  • Wiki Pedagogy by Renée Fountain "Abstract: This article endeavours to denote and promote pedagogical experimentations concerning a Free/Open technology called a 'Wiki.'" Lots of good information and extensive links and explanations.
  • Wiki Social Norms "This page was created to help newcomers to Wiki understand the social norms adhered to by most people using this wiki."
  • Good Style in Wiki Writing and Editing
  • Wiki Editing Customs
  • Excellent, complete guide to Wiki editing from Wikimedia
  • Help Page for Wikispaces Explains commands and conventions. Below are two same wikis.

    Why Wikis

  • What wikis are and why we care: Wikis facilitate collaborative, constructist learning and that means enhanced learning. Wikis provide an easy-to-use tool for the social construction of knowledge, a key concept in understanding and appreciating history. You will use this simple, elegant tool, the wiki, to assist in the creation and dissemination of your collaborative research efforts. Put simply, you'll do original, creative historical research in which each group jointly researches, writes, and publishes their work.
  • As Renee Fountains writes (see link below), "a wiki is a collection of web pages that can be edited by anyone, at any time, from anywhere [1]. The overriding goal of a wiki is to become a shared repository of knowledge with the knowledge base growing over time (Godwin-Jones, 2003). According to its original creator Ward Cunningham, 'a wiki is the simplest on-line database that could possibly work.' (Leuf & Cunningham, 2001). It is 'a freely expandable collection of interlinked web pages, a hypertext system for storing and modifying information - a database, where each page is easily edited by any user with a forms-capable Web browser client' (cited in Schwartz, Clark, Cossarin & Rudolp, 2004)."
  • How we'll use them: Working in small groups, you will develop wiki pages treating a variety of topics in Latin American history. The instructor will supply lists of topics, but you may also suggest your own topics for research. Each project must mix primary and secondary scholarly sources. To learn more about the requirements of historical research, see so you want to study history!?. You must document your sources carefully, use only scholarly articles and books, and carefully avoid plagiarism. How will you find quality information? You'll use a number of specialized finding aids for Latin American history and culture.
  • Individual and Group Responsibilities: Wikispaces keeps track of individual contributions. Thus each group member will be graded on his/her specific contributions as well as on the overall quality of the project. The most famous wiki place so far is Wikipedia, an immense open-source encyclopedia. It is woefully weak on Latin American history topics. Thus, I will recommend that the best student contributions be added to Wikipedia.
  • Privacy Note: Because student work is open to the public, instructors must have students sign a FERPA release form. The form (Word doc) may be downloaded from the NCSU Library Blogs site.


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