Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

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Wiki as repository for a virtual community

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Through a comment on a blogpost by Nancy White I found this article about a virtual community using a discussion list (listserv) in combination with a wiki. The wiki serves as a collaborative repository. I've been advising a community where using an online discussion forum where few people had experience with a wiki.

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Introducting social media in organisations to improve the learning function is more difficult than you may think.

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

For some time now, I have an evaluation report of an organization that has experience with the introduction of social media (like wikis and blog) in the organization since 2009. The organization chose a toolset with thematic wikis as a basis, supplemented with other social media such as social bookmarking, blogs and discussion forums. "We

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Switch for social media

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Provide crystal-clear direction about where to go (and where not to go) Motivate the elephant. It is discouraging if you are starting a wiki not knowing what type of wiki to use. The authors call it: shape the path, tweek the situation so that change is easier. But that's not the only thing to do. Shape the path.

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Creative screencasting

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Besides the classical use of screencasts to explain the use of a computer program you can think of other ways to use screencasts: Show people how to use an online platform or wiki for instance (a so-called 'walk through'). Share a presentation on your screen (prezi or powerpoint) and provide an explanation.