Supporting connections with colleagues and students:

Using the read/write web for portfolio development and collaboration

Presenters:
Kendall Hartley, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Neal Strudler, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Rob Mattson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Overview

This presentation will demonstrate how new Internet tools such as wikis and blogs can be used to support the development of student portfolios and collaborative projects.

Introduction

Common Collaborative Tasks

(5 min)

  1. Portfolio development and review
  2. Paper development
  3. Course management and delivery

Definitions

Portfolios

(15 min)

(Kendall update - with structure, overview)

Examples:

  1. less is more
  2. 'those who had a choice' - CTE
  3. Masters Portfolios
    • Edublogs
    • Dokuwiki
    • Dreaweaver - Masters in C&I - Tech Leadership
    • PowerPoint
    • MyClass

Paper Development

(15 min - Rob)

  1. Word Commenting/email
  2. Wiki
    • comments
    • add artifacts
    • versioning
  3. Google Docs
    • versioning
    • real-time chat

Course Development

  1. Transition from WebCT to Dokuwiki
    • (sabbatical)
    • summer course materials
    • collaborating on assignments
    • course 'archive'
  2. EduWiki features
    • Rapid development
    • Real time updates
    • Shared . . .
  3. Your turn?

Future Directions

  1. Project Management
  2. RSS
  3. Scholarship (Zotero, Google Scholar . . . )

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