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May 10, 2006
Innovative Use of Wikis for the Introductory MIS Course
Professor Yasin Ozcelik at Fairfield University, Connecticut, uses wikis for team projects in his introductory MIS class. He uses MediaWicki (a license free product available here). The following is a brief excerpt of a wiki descritpion he sent to TeachingMIS.com this week:
"...I have been looking for ways to implement groupware software in my classes so that students can collaborate without meeting face-to-face while they are creating online content for their term projects. MediaWiki was exactly what I have been looking for! Well, it is free but that is not the best thing that it can offer. After creating an account at my wiki site (www.misworld.org/isopedia), my students can start editing their content by discussing with each other on the website and changing the content in real-time. The online content is actually half of their work--they are also required to present their findings in class.
"My experience with the Open Source software, and MediaWiki in particular, has been positive so far. I am sure that software like MediaWiki will find its way in academia and be an indispensable tool supporting our teaching needs. They will be especially useful for us who teach MIS classes because we will be demonstrating a real-world case, rather then making students read about a real-world case... If you have any questions about MediaWiki, you can contact me at yozcelik(at)mail.fairfield.edu. More information about me is available at www.misworld.org"
You can read more about his experiences and find some useful links in his full description here.
Thank you Professor Ozcelik! Very useful!
Posted by DavidK at May 10, 2006 06:50 PM | Permalink