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Re: #8578.5 (!) best wikis for teaching?
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Mon, 2 Jul 2007 14:09:50 -0400
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--- Forwarded Message from Ed Garay <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:14:54 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum   
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>From: Ed Garay <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #8578 best wikis for teaching?
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I would recommend using the wiki capabilities of your school's course 
management system, especially if you make use or could make use of other 
parts of the CMS' learning environment.

Blackboard and Sakai, for example, have wikis seamlessly integrated with 
their gradebook and overall LMS environment.  In Blackboard, you can also 
change the Web interface to German (or other foreign languages) with just a 
couple of mouse clicks.

If you choose to use an external stand-alone wiki, make sure that it is 
very easy to use.  In general, most stand-alone wikis were developed by 
computer programmers for programmers.

--- Ed Garay
     University of Illinois at Chicago

At Thursday 6/28/2007 01:10 PM, LLTI-Editor wrote:
>--- Forwarded Message from "Scott Windham" <[log in to unmask]> ---
>
> >Subject: best wikis for teaching?
> >Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:48:58 -0400
> >From: "Scott Windham" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum"
><[log in to unmask]>
>
>I'm looking for a good wiki where my students can post their web-essays
>in German. Up to now, students have been writing their essays in
>Dreamweaver and turning them in to me, and I publish them to a website
>(http://org.elon.edu/german/germanyproject/), but that process is
>becoming far too time-consuming as my enrollments grow.
>
>I'd like to use a wiki with lots of design flexibility. Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks.
>
>..............................
>Scott Windham, Ph.D.
>Assistant Professor of German
>Director of Language Learning Technologies
>Elon University
>336.278.5841
>http://facstaff.elon.edu/swindham

--
-- Ed Garay
    Assistant Director for Academic Computing
    Director, UIC Instructional Technology Lab

    University of Illinois at Chicago
    Academic Computing and Communications Center
    www.accc.uic.edu/itl

     

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