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<\/a>\u201cThe wiki is a resource not only for our group of educational technologies support staff, but for anyone interested in using technology with their teaching,\u201d says Janet Jordan, the Center\u2019s program manager.<\/p>\n
While the wiki is available for the public to read, only the UConn editors \u2013 about 15 \u2013 may contribute to it.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal at the Instructional Resource Center is to support faculty in their use of technology in their teaching,\u201d Jordan says.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been getting a lot more inquiries about different technologies, such as embedding YouTube video in PowerPoint presentations. Faculty members have also started asking about starting their own wikis and blogs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jordan says the group from Storrs and the regional campuses had been meeting remotely once a month using iTV to discuss educational technologies, and decided to create a wiki as a supplement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe discovered our common interests, and decided that creating a wiki would make it easy for us to communicate with each other,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to develop it as a resource for our particular group, so we could collaborate and share information about the technologies we were using or learning about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jordan says one of the advantages of the wiki is that it enables the group to create a permanent record that can be continually updated with new information.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor example, if one of us writes something new about using a particular technology, someone else in our group can add additional information, making it a resource that evolves over time,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cA wiki would be a great tool for an instructor or a group of people working on a project because they can be editing in the same environment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wikis are often used in corporate situations and at universities for project management and research purposes, she adds.<\/p>\n
The Instructional Resource Center has also started a blog focused on providing information for UConn faculty about new technologies.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe nice thing about a blog is that it\u2019s like a newsletter that\u2019s delivered in installments,\u201d says Jordan. \u201cPaper and e-mail newsletters don\u2019t work well any more. A blog enables us to have information out there and contribute to it over time. It generates its own archive and it\u2019s a public resource.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of the motivation for creating the wiki and blog was that these are great tools for disseminating information,\u201d she says, \u201cbut it was also an opportunity for us to experience firsthand how to use them. When we\u2019re more informed, we\u2019re better equipped to assist faculty. We hope that faculty will be inspired to create their own wiki or blog for teaching and learning.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jordan says it is important to keep up with new and emerging technologies that interest faculty.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe at IRC can talk with them about their objectives and what kinds of activities they think they\u2019d like to use in their classes,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are so many different ways to incorporate technology into teaching to help students learn a concept or develop a skill.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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