Chapter 6.  Wiki Solutions

A wiki can be one of the most flexible collaborative tools one has in the e-learning toolkit. While you may think of a wiki as a place to jointly contribute information in collaborative encyclopedia-like articles (as in the case of Wikipedia), you'll find that in Moodle, a wiki opens up a wide range of collaborative possibilities, that allow people to learn from each other and boost motivation at the same time. You can even use a wiki for group projects and presentations. In addition, a wiki can be used to develop customized, individualized learning modules to employ what is often referred to as differential learning. With individual wikis, you can differentiate the learning experience for your students. In this chapter, you will learn how to create group wikis for group and team collaborations, as well as how to develop individualized learning spaces with individual wikis. One of the benefits of individualized learning in wikis is that, if...