Elsa's Lifelong Learning Journey

“IF A CHILD CAN'T LEARN THE WAY WE TEACH, MAYBE WE SHOULD TEACH THE WAY THEY LEARN.” ―   IGNACIO ESTRADA A wiki is a cross between a website and a word document, in the form of an interactive page that makes possible to students to read, generate and publish content online (Wiseman and Belknap, 2013, p.360). A wiki allows people to add, modify or delete content in collaboration with others. The Wiki’s content does not have a defined owner. A wiki can be used for knowledge management, and note taking. Ward Cunningham created the first wiki in 1994, called Wikiwikiweb. He described the task “the simplest online database that could possibly work” (HandsonERP, 2014). Wiseman and Belknap (2013) further suggest that “Wikis can serve as a knowledge platform where learners form a community in which they share their knowledge with a group, discuss issues, post interesting pieces of information, and work together” (p. 362).  SHOULD WE USE WIKIS IN THE CLASSROOM? PROS....

“TELL ME AND I FORGET. TEACH ME AND I REMEMBER. INVOLVE ME AND I LEARN.” –BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Blogging VS discussion board activity Is blogging the same as discussion board activity? Oliver and Coble (2016) explain that a blog is a kind of social media tool that allows one to share ideas with authentic audiences and to engage those audiences in conversation. Most blogs look something like journals, with a series of “posts” appearing on the blog in reverse chronological order. Typically, blogging software is very easy to use, but also flexible enough to allow for customization in both style and structure. Thus, the blog possesses customization features that discussion board activities lack. In that way, blogging is more attractive than discussion board activities. On the other hand, Hoekman (2017) observes that “ the physical view or layout of the course discussion boards is identical throughout each course as this is dictated by the learning management system inte...