Project the Wiki Way: Using Wiki for Computer Science Course Project Man- Agement

Project-based assignments are widely used in Computer Science courses to give students hands-on experience in using the learned knowledge to solve problems. However, despite its importance, management on student projects is usually done in an ad-hoc fashion, with varying degrees of interaction and guidance to students. This paper presents a general, Wiki-based project management framework: project activities are centralized and captured by a dedicated Wiki site, consisting of Wiki pages created by both the instructor and students. The Project Wiki framework supports all types of project activities, and enables flexible and multi-dimension interaction patterns for instructor, individual student and the whole class.