USING WIKI-TECHNOLOGIES AS A TOOL FOR CREATING COLLABORATIVE GLOSSARY OF SPECIAL TERMS BY SCIENCE STUDENTS
The current Federal Standards of Higher Education require extending student autonomous activities and implementing interactive forms of education preferably based on Web 2.0 tools. Wiki-technology is one of such tools. Its didactic potential and functions allow meeting the requirements and boosting efficacy of foreign language teaching due to interactivity and project method activities. It is devoted to using wiki-technology in collaborative wiki-glossary by science students containing special scientific terms, which is extremely important considering different educational profiles and directions. Wiki-glossary task is based on and develops wiki-vocabulary principles. The algorithm of teacher’s and students’ actions, glossary word-template, criteria of assessment are given. Modern Internet resources have been analyzed and a list of recommended open Internet resources in biology field is provided. Requirements to the teacher’s qualification in terms of Professional Standard of Higher Education and Professional Standard of Vocational Education are given. Methodic benefits and possible difficulties of wiki-glossary use are listed.