Session 5 - Standardisation and LMS in an open source read write web world of wikis

Here is a reading list for "wikis" that I compiled for my previous studies - you may find something of interest.

Allen, Christopher (2004), Tracing the Evolution of Social Software, Life with Alacrity, (retrieved on 01/06/200 from http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2004/10/tracing_the_evo.html)

Arreguin, Cathy (2004) Wikis In B.Hoffman (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Educational Technology(retrieved on 31/05/2007 from http://coe.sdusu.edu/eet/Articles/wikis/start.htm)

Auchard, Eric (2007) Participation overstated, Australian IT April 18, 2007 (retrieved on 19/04/2007 from http://australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,21578336-15306,00.html )

Augar, N., Raitman, R. & Zhou, W. (2004). Teaching and learning online with wikis. In R. Atkinson, C. McBeath, D. Jonas-Dwyer & R. Phillips (Eds), Beyond the comfort zone: Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference (pp. 95-104). Perth, 5-8 December. (retrieved on 31/05/2007 from http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/procs/augar.html )

Fountain, Renee (2005), Wiki Pedagogy, Dossiers technopedagogiques,
(retrieved on 29/05/2007 from http://www.profetic.org/dossier_imprimer.php3?id_rubrique=110)

Horn, Danny (2007) Tips on developing a wiki community, Teaching Hacks 3 June 2007 (retrieved on 05/06/2007 from
http://www.teachinghacks.com/2007/06/03/tips-on-developing-a-wiki-community/)

Lamb, Brian (2004) Wide Open Space: Wikis Ready or Not. EDUCAUSE Review, vol 39, no 5 (September/October 2004), (retrieved 30/05/2007 from
http://www.eudcause.edu.pub/er/erm04/erm0452.asp)

Matias, Nathan (2003) What is a wiki, sitepoint (retrieved on 23/04/2007 from
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/what-is-a-wiki)

Parker, Kevin and Chao, Joseph (2007) Wikis as a Teaching Tool, Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects Volume 3, 2007 (retrieved 30/05/2007 from http://www.ijklo.org/Volume3/IJKLOv3p057-072Parker284.pdf)

Stuckey, Browyn and Arkell, Richard (2006) Development of an e-learning knowledge sharing model, Australian Flexible Learning Framework. (retrieved on 04/06/2007 from http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/flx/webdav/site/flxsite/users/kjohnson/public/Development_of_an_%20e-learning_knowledge_sharing_model.pdf )

Western Australian Department of Education and Training, (No date) CMIS: Wikis in the Classroom, DET Internet (retrieved on 31/05/2007 from
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/wikis/ )



But of course the best site for information on wikis is wikipedia - the ultimate wiki!

Wikipedia, The free encylopedia (definitions retrieved on 01/06/2006 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page )



In our chat session there was quite of bit of discussion about "moodle" you can download moodle and have a play from http://moodle.org/ (warning - it takes up alot of memory space!)

Also, I came across a product from Apixel, their advertising states:

Imagine developing e-learning courses in minutes rather than weeks or months.
Apixel Metamorphosis does just that!
All you do is write or acquire your content document in Microsoft Word and Metamorphosis does the rest, automatically resulting in a completed lesson with matching graphics and learning activities.

I highly recommend you have a look at their demonstation video at http://www.apixel.com/page0302.htm

Do you think it could replace "Blackboard" as a LMS?