Benefits of Pbworks

1. Teaching

1.1. Encourage student-centered learning

1.1.1. Show off examples of great student work.

1.1.2. Provide access to information sources, book lists, and links to good articles

1.2. Host and share information between students, faculty and staff

1.2.1. Support research teams, and improve inter-departmental coordination.

1.3. Publish class notes, PowerPoint lectures, schedules and policies

1.4. Give students their own page to post content, upload homework, and share their work

1.5. Provided better security for our leadership group and for our curriculum development

2. Researching

2.1. Share and interact with other classrooms or groups, across town or around the world

2.2. Make distance learning more interactive and collaborative

2.3. Coordinate day-to-day research work and schedules. Instantly share and comment on findings

2.4. Centralize links to outside resources and upload presentations

2.5. Share reports & presentations to open processes to a broader audience.

3. Learning

3.1. Make distance learning more interactive and collaborative

3.2. Build collaborative pages, start discussions and encourage comments.

3.3. Online shared workspaces increase communication and networking among distance learners, faculty, and student groups

3.4. Centralize syllabus, lecture materials, and additional resources in an online workspace that's available at anywhere / anytime.

3.5. Have the resources stored for future use.

3.6. Build web pages, embed images & video, and post documents.