Desmond's Lesson Content

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Using a wiki to communicate:

1. What a wiki is (1 min 30 sec)

1. (Definitive features)

2. Uses a unique “wiki” mark-up language to enhance text

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- Public access and public use: Wikispaces, Wikisineducation

2. Target functions (10 sec)

1. Communicative platform to share information

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3. Can be used to replace (15 sec)

1. E-mail (discontinuous discussion / peer-review & document transfer)

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4. Cannot be used to replace (5 sec)

1. Group discussion

Class activity 1: plan for a BBQ at East Coast Park (8 min)

0. Divide the plan into categories to speed up the activity

1. Time & date: show everyone has a different calendar of March with inserted fictitious events (1 min)

2. Place: show a map of East Coast Park (2 min)

3. Food: show 2 vendors & the different food they offer Things: everyone has a different list of items they “have” (2 min)

4. Sharing of the experience (1 2 min per team)

- We are not interested in the outcome communication experience; not in the results of the plandiscussions

 1. Team wiki: can communicate freely; share 1 copy of the plan

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- Analogous to teleconferencing or / online discussions chat where everyone can hear the speaker talking

5. Advantages (3 min)

1. Information is shared with everyone in the team

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1. Share the schedule plan of the group project (30 sec)

1. Dates & times of individual availability (for meetings, etc)

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2. Share the current action plan of the group project (10 sec)

1. Example – Gantt chart on wiki (simple table)

2. Alternative – MS Excel (SkyDrive), Google Docs (spreadsheet), SmartDraw, SmartSheet

What you need to use the wiki for:

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- How to enable context menu (right-click); insert hyperlink

- How to post comments on a wiki

- How to edit text on a wiki & view the page history

- How to insert line break using wiki mark-up (widget / hyperlink flaw)

2. Share information pertaining to group meetings

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- Size limit of 100.00 MB

Class activity 2 (23 min)

1. Create a space and edit the “Home” page (1 min)

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2. (Task 2.2) Discuss the action plan for the group proposal (20 min) - Let Ms Lim take over?

3. Create a new page and publish the action plan (2 min)

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