In this podcast episode, Dr. Sara Wilson-McKay, Assistant Professor of Art Education at VCU, discusses the use of wikis to support teaching and learning in her courses. As the discussion unfolds, Dr. Wilson-McKay provides some wonderful insights about how wikis worked in her classroom, and how she was able to establish an inter-institutional collaboration with a colleague teaching a similar course at another University.
The conversation also addresses the ways in which notions of collaboration need to be re-examined as faculty and students work in wiki spaces on the web. While learned expectations for classroom interactions may result in some initial resistance, Dr. Wilson-McKay suggests that this gives way to more meaningful educational experiences for students as they begin to take on more responsibility for their learning and place increased value on what they are creating together.
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