Wiki Resources

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What is Wiki - The canonical definition by Ward Cunningham himself
Wikipedia's Definition - Much less spartan
WikiLand - Adventures In Wikiland: The Wild World of Wide-Open Web Collaboration. A presentation wiki by Brian Lamb of the University of British Columbia.
Tracing the Evolution of Social Software - By Christopher Allen
Wiki Engines - The definitive list of wiki platforms.
Weblog Issues - Interesting list of concepts that emerge both in blogs and wikis
Usage Spikes - Issues that arise in a classroom when everyone is editing the same page
CommunityWiki - A wonderful compendium of issues that come up in wiki deployment
Wiki Affordances - How simple changes in the software impact behavior
Technology, Education & the Wiki
Making the Case for Wiki - Analysis of history, attributes and uses of wikis in corporations.
London Blasts on Wikipedia and Flickr Discussion about how decentralized resources can be useful to stay on top of fast moving events.

Wikipedia - The Big Kahuna of wikis
Wictionary
WikiNews
WikiQuote
Wikitravel - A wiki travel guide to the world.
WikiHow The How-To Manual that Anyone Can Write or Edit
The Tolkien Wiki Community Doubly geeky
css-discuss Where the elite share lore about cascading style sheets
EdGamesWiki - A collaborative project by students in EDTEC 670. Now dead thanks to a fatal wikispamming.
Least Tale - Collaborative fiction writing

TiddlyWiki A reusable, non-linear personal web notebook
TagglyWiki a taggable, reusable, non-linear personal web notebook
Backpack Organize to do lists, notes, images, and photos
WikiWeblogPIM Thoughts and links about the merger of three formats
VoodooPad - VoodooPad is a wiki software that runs on your computer. Localized, offline knowledge management.

WikiSpaces Cleanly designed free wiki space with discussion groups
SeedWiki - SeedWiki provides free wiki hosting. Have your own wiki within minutes.
SeedWiki How-to's
PBWiki Make a free, password-protected wiki as easily as you make a peanut butter sandwich
Schtuff Another free wiki host.
MediaWiki - The wiki engine that runs Wikipedia and this Incubate Wiki
PmWiki - This wiki software does not need any database. Relatively easy to install. Used on EdGames, and CompsWiki.
TikiWiki - Wiki with CMS features like bulletin boards and blogs. Dan's choice for the WWI sim.
DokuWiki - a standards compliant wiki, also with no database.
JotSpot - Jot is a commercial product with word-like editing features.
EditMe - EditMe is a new service that empowers non-technical users to quickly and easily build and host irresistibly editable web sites. Unlike existing web hosts, EditMe includes powerful features to enable multiple contributors to collaborate on the site's content. EditMe is great for use as a personal web site, company intranet, collaboration site, blog, or wiki.
Web Collaborator - A free site for setting up collaborative writing among multiple participants. Looks very promising!
Placeopedia - A bridge that ties Wikipedia entries to their location on Google Maps. Search for "San Diego".

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 * [http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/procs/augar.html Teaching and Learning Online with Wikis]
 * [http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0452.asp Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not]
+* [http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/WikiRadio2 WikiRadio2's] Top Ten List of Wiki Uses
+** [http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/wiki?Galiano Collaborative Planning]
+** [http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/wiki?CS430 Collaborative Course Notes]
+** [http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/EDCI565/ Course Page]
+* [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page OpenWetWare] "is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering"
 * [http://sage.sdsu.edu/compswiki/ CompsWiki]
 * [http://www.irrodl.org/content/v5.1/technote_xxvii.html Educational Wikis: features and selection criteria] Swartz, Clark, Cossarin & Rudolph.