2. Wikis to Increase Student Engagement ILTL 2009 Summer Conference June 24, 2009 David Thomson University of Denver http://snipurl.com/ILTL09

3. Outline Teaching before Technology What’s a Wiki? Admin Law Sucks Wikis in Admin Law Other uses for wikis in law teaching Roll your own

4. Teaching before Technology Substance in context Collaborative learning Engagement Teach Research The Hypertext mind

5. What’s a Wiki? Web-based collaborative writing tool Wikipedia It’s just software Many different flavors Blackboard add-on

6. Admin Law Sucks Can be a dry and abstract subject Substantive law adds extra complexity Students often hate it Lack of connection with practice Hard to get/prepare an outline

7. Admin Law Wiki #1 For Group Research Projects 5 students on 10 Federal Agencies Given list of items to research Wiki created and presented every week 20% of the grade Let’s take a look...

8. Admin Law Wiki #2 For the outline for the course Final exam: Outline and Text only Nearly all students participated 10% of the grade Let’s take a look...

9. Other Applications Knowledge Management Legal Writing and Analysis Group projects of any sort Others?

10. Small Group Discussion In groups of 3, discuss: other uses of wikis for your law teaching Report out: Type of course Educational goal How to use a wiki to achieve that goal

11. Roll your own PBWorks Wetpaint Clearwiki Wikispaces