TY - BOOK AU - West,James A. AU - West,Margaret L. TI - Using wikis for online collaboration: the power of the read-write web T2 - Online teaching and learning series SN - 9780470343333 (pbk.) : U1 - 371.3344693 22 PY - 2009/// CY - San Francisco, Calif., Chichester PB - Jossey-Bass, John Wiley [distributor] KW - Wikipedia KW - Computer-assisted instruction KW - Internet in education KW - Electronic encyclopedias KW - User-generated content N1 - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-134) and index; Getting ready to wiki -- Opportunities for online learning -- What is a wiki? -- Types of wikis -- Choosing the right wiki -- Features of wikis -- Setting up the wiki -- Summary -- Designing wiki projects for collaborative learning -- Teaching and learning through wikis -- Laying the foundation-preparing students for wiki work -- Building the framework-designing the wiki project -- Monitoring construction-managing the wiki process -- Summary -- Wiki projects for knowledge construction -- Resource bank -- Frequently asked questions -- Error finding and correcting -- Historical time line -- Annotated bibliography -- Online dialogue -- Group summary -- Class encyclopedia -- Summary -- Wiki projects for critical thinking -- "What if ...?" Scenarios -- Case studies -- Debates - Collaborative research papers -- Evaluation or research study -- Frame-based writing -- Nominal group technique -- Structured online critiques -- Summary -- Wiki projects for contextual application -- Event plan -- Process map -- Virtual science lab -- Field research project -- Story creation -- Team challenge -- Media design projects -- Service learning project -- Summary -- Wikis today and tomorrow -- The value of collaborative writing -- Integrating wikis with other technologies -- What the future holds -- An invitation to collaborate -- Wikis for educators -- Web 2.0 -- Collaborative writing -- Scaffolding -- Bloom's taxonomy ER -