I have created this page so we can explore what kinds of learning activities could take place in the wiki.  By the [StudentCollaboration] label, I mean an open project to which any student (in the course?) could add.  See the Georgia Tech CoWeb Catalog for quite a few different collaborative activities.  

By [StudentGroups], I mean identified small groups or teams of students working together. 

There is an excellent article that talks about both the theoretical foundations for using wikis in education and some very practical applications (Uses and Potentials of Wikis in the Classroom by S. Pixy Ferris and Hilary Wilder in the June/July 2006 issue of Innovate).  Renee Fountain has an extensive document about Wiki Pedagogy including references to published articles (mostly since 2000) about wiki use. 

Here's a good wiki all about using wikis in education.  TechSoup has an article about "Exploring the World of Wikis"  Check out the TeachingWiki, a wiki about teaching with wikis and this wiki article ("Using Wikis as Collaborative Writing Tools: Something Wiki This Way Comes--Or Not!") about wikis and composition theory.  PBWiki has a simple opening page about using wikis in education. 

Here are the current ideas (add to them at will):

• Creating a study guide, textbook, reference manual, or glossary
• Peer editing of essay/report drafts
• Building an annotated bibliography (contributing and evaluating sources)
• Building a working bibliography (contributing and organizing sources)
• Designing a research project or experiment
• Creating an outline for a group project (assigning tasks; managing work)
• Developing resources related to course content (examples, illustrations, etc.)
• Writing a document collaboratively (a letter or statement "on behalf" of the class)
• Explaining the complexity of a controversial topic (NPOV: neutral-point-of-view)