Outline

From WolfWikis

Front Material

Title Page

Acknowledgments

Contents

Charts and Graphs

Introduction

• What is a wiki?
• Establishing Familiarity: Wikipedia
• Establishing a Niche: Wikis in Composition
• Gap in the Research: How wikis (as multimodal technology) are implemented in the writing classroom and the effects of wikis on composing methods and pedagogy.
• Rhetorical and Ideological Implications Gap
• Occupying the Niche: What wikis offer
• Conclusion: Layout of Thesis

Chapter One: Literature Review

Section 1.1 A History of Wikis

• Beginning of wikis
• How wikis have changed since inception
  • What are they used for?
    • Business
    • Education
    • Personal

Section 1.2 Defining the Wiki

• Traditional “true” wiki
  • GNU License
  • Access from anywhere with web browser
  • Editability
• Wiki Clones
  • Wikipedia - MediaWiki, PBWiki, etc.
    • Password Protection
    • User Identification and Login
    • Administrator privileges
    • Neutral Point of View
• Forms Wikis Take
  • Thread Mode
  • Discussion Mode

Section 1.3 Wikis in Education

• Wikis in Ed. – Stuart Mader webpage
  • Texas AM Wiki
  • Teaching with Wiki
  • Matt Barton’s Wiki

Section 1.4 Possibilities of Wikis in the Writing Classroom

Chapter Two: Methodology

Section 2.1 Purpose

Section 2.2 Sample

• Population
• Participant Selection
• Data Sources

Section 2.3 Procedures

• Collecting Uses of Wikis in Education
• Instrument

Section 2.4 Analysis

• Wikis
• Surveys
• Interviews
• Conclusion

Chapter Three: Wiki Genre Analysis

Section 3.1 Traditional “true” wiki

• Cuningham’s definition
• Lamb and Bartons’ defnintion
• Genre Analysis
• GNU License
• User participation is important thus
  • Easy to Publish content
  • Wikis have their own markup language
  • Simple linking system
  • Various pages to encourage use (sandbox, tutorials, help pages, etc.)
  • Access from anywhere with web browser
  • Editability

Section 3.2 Wiki Clones

• Editing
• WYSIWYG/CSS
• Password Protection
• Hard and Soft Security
• User Identification and Login
• Administrator privileges
• Neutral Point of View
• Copy right issues

3.3 Two Modes of Wikis

• Forms wikis take
• Thread Mode
  • Thread mode as testing field of ideas
  • Thread mode as helping people write more authoritatively.
• Document Mode

Chapter Four: Results and Uses in Education

• Ramifications/Applicability of Wikis to Pedagogy

Chapter Five: Implications and Applications to Pedagogy

• Continued Wiki Research
• Multimodal Technology

End Material

Works Cited

Appendices

• Appendix One: Sources for Information on Wiki Clones and Choosing a Wiki
• Appendix Two: Wiki Selection Criteria
• Appendix Three: Wiki Instructor Survey
• Appendix Four: Wiki Student Survey
• Appendix Five: Interview
• Appendix Six: Interview
• Appendix Seven: Interview
• Appendix Eight: Sample Wiki Assignments
• Appendix Nine: Common Wiki Components
• Appendix Ten: Wikis in Education
• Appendix Eleven: Common Wiki Uses and Problems in Pedagogy

End Notes

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