MJ's wiki activity

I didn't know what it was until I looked up the word, but it turns out that I'm a constructivist.  It goes with the territory in kinesiology.   I'm a big believer in learning by doing.  That's not to say I don't do any lecturing in my classes but I try to keep it to a minimum.  

This week in my online class I have the students exploring anatomy of different muscles via several websites.  We then have moved into a new technology territory, developing a wiki.  In groups they are developing a page of different exercises for the muscles they studied this week. They are critiquing their groups' posts and offering suggestions and modifications for each others exercises.  We will then use these wiki posts to do a postural assessment assignment that we do in class (hybrid class). 

I had two students who seem to be having trouble.  I have sent them to the help videos on the wiki site, made a Jing screencast for one of them and sent them to student help.  I usually am very strict about due dates but I've decided to not grade the first wiki post until next week, when I grade the second post to allow those having technology difficulties a bit of extra time. 

 

I’ll keep you posted on how it turns out. 

Comments

[Laura Paciorek]

Hi!

What wiki service do you use? I am thinking of adding a wiki so students can make their own study guide.

Thanks!

-Laura

[Yvette Duncan]

I like the idea of having the students create wikis in a group. I too am curious about the wiki service you use. Am definitely interested in hearing how it goes.

[Mary Jo Preti]

I am double blogging for my POT certificate. You can find more detailed info about my wiki at http://mjonlineclass.blogspot.com/ I would love to have someone leave a comment on this blog. If it doesn't come up immediately look under February. Here are the topics I've blogged about so far:
▼ February (2)
Wikis
Making videos is easy with Jing!
▼ January (6)
Time Saving Tips/Online discussions
Blackboard looking like Moodle
Adding Audio to my online classes
Building Community/Retention strategies
Great Wimba voice tools online tutorials
New Semester!

[Yvette Duncan]

Thanks, Mary Jo. Will check out your blog.