Collaboration, Virtual Community, and Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences

Using Wikipedia to Reenvision the Term Paper

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Title:Using Wikipedia to Reenvision the Term Paper (ID: EDU07287)
Author(s):Andreas Brockhaus (University of Washington Bothell) and Martha Groom (University of Washington Bothell)
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (10/23/2007)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:

The structure of the traditional term paper can limit its educational value. To make the assignment more meaningful, students published their papers in Wikipedia. This session will examine how publishing for a large online community motivated students to do better work and deal with issues of voice, knowledge, and community.

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Sharing Learning Designs: Building the LAMS Community Web Site

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Title:Sharing Learning Designs: Building the LAMS Community Web Site (ID: EDU05150)
Author(s):James Dalziel (Macquarie University)
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (10/19/2005)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:Learning designs or "learning activity sequences" represent flows of collaborative activities that are authored and run by teachers. The Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) is an open-source system that allows easy creation and sharing of sequences. This presentation will describe implementation of the global community sharing Web site for LAMS sequences.
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