• Topic 6 - Exercise 2b

    Posted on September 15th, 2009, 10:47 am by admin

    Wiki and Moodle design

    Using your CSU Interact wiki or other wiki experience and
    your short experience as a Moodle member, answer the following:

    b. What features do wiki and Moodle have in common and what are the differences (eg a Wiki, Forum and blogtool is also groupware design feature inside a Moodle site) ?

    b. Both Moodles and Wikis are examples of Web 2.0 technology used for learning. Moodle is a CMS - Course Management System - and is designed to encompass many tools and features catering for differing learning needs and styles of users along with flexibility in course delivery and structure. For education, Moodles are probably geared toward secondary and post secondary learners as they offer real-time communication such as chat - a difficult tool to monitor in younger students. Moodle is an open-source project, so the source code can be changed by any programmer to create new features, resulting in many ways to customize its desktop and resulting in constant evolution.
    Wiki is a tool designed to provide opportunity for students to collaboratively learn in an asynchronous environment. A document (i.e., Article) in a wiki can be created or edited at anytime by anyone, they are editable through a web browser, and a user needs no other web application, database skills, or authoring expertise. This makes it suitable for a wider range of learning ages. The editing tool in a Wiki is a familiar WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get - editing system, turning a webpage easily into an editable document. Often used as “standalone” software, Wikis are also offered as a tool within the Moodle CMS. 

    A QUICK COMPARISON OF FEATURES:

    Feature

    		  

    Moodle

    		  

    Wiki

    Title/s

    X

    		 General class name is assigned - topics differentiated by categories

    X

    		 Group general name - pages could be used to separate topics

    Members

    X

    		 Member information is shown in linked section. Including email and locality

    X

    		 List of members is shown - most details are hidden and usernames used for ID.

    Membership and registration

    X

    		 Settings can differ from required account, login and login code to being public

    X

    		 Settings can be set to membership by invitation only.

    Wiki

    X

    		 Uses  tags to create posts requiring some programming knowledge

    X

    		 WYSIWYG editor - converts a webpage into a document that is easily edited


    Blog

    X

    		 Blog tool resembles other blogs with options to view own or site entries

    X

    		 Pages can be locked from editing  to enable personal blogging, members could be given their own page?

    Asynchronous
    Discussion
    Forum

    X

    		 A threaded forum is included and topics are categorised

    X

    		 Threaded discussion - uses categories to distinguish between topics

    Synchronous discussion Chat

    X

    		 Chat facility is available allowing real-time communication    

    Internal Search Facility

    X

    		 Forums can be searched from home page or individual areas searched

    X

    		 Site can be searched - individual areas searched

    Internal Links

    X

    		 Links to tools and areas within  Moodle appear on the main page

    X

    		 Links can be created to new pages from within a document

    External Links

    X

    		 Links can be made outside  Moodle

    X

    		 Links can be set up to other pages  facility to link social networking sites

    Navigation

    X

    		 All links highlighted in blue
    breadcrumbs used on pages for navigation

    X

    		 Links appear to all sections - tabs at tops of pages and listed to side of page

    Photos/Media

    X

    		 Photos and other media can be added to the site

    X

    		 Photos can be added, a photo gallery can be created

    Databases

    X

    		 Database facility allows for data to be collected online and easily shared

    X

    		 database of information which can be easily  added to, searched and retrieved

    Quizzes

    X

    		 Quizzes for fun, learning or assessment  marked to reflect needs/achievements    

    Assessment

    X

    		 Members are able to submit assessment  pieces directly to the site    

     

     

     

     

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