Outline for 25 Oct 2006
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== Drawbacks == | == Drawbacks == | ||
| - | * Threat of vandalism | + | * Threat of [[vandalism]] |
** Most wikis can enforce the use of user names. But, required approval of changes tends to limit use. | ** Most wikis can enforce the use of user names. But, required approval of changes tends to limit use. | ||
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* Your school may provide a more general environment (Blackboard or Moodle) with a wiki module. | * Your school may provide a more general environment (Blackboard or Moodle) with a wiki module. | ||
* Commercial '''wiki farms''' provide wiki space either for a fee or advertising space. | * Commercial '''wiki farms''' provide wiki space either for a fee or advertising space. | ||
| - | ** [http://www.editthis.info http://www. | + | ** [http://www.editthis.info EditThis] provides ad-driven space. |
| + | ** [http://www.wikispaces.org WikiSpaces] Pay or ad, but offer a classroom version | ||
'''Note''': Not all wikis use the same ''language'' or interface as this one. This uses [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] the software behind [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]. There are other wiki environments [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_software] such as the original [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki WikiWikiWeb]. | '''Note''': Not all wikis use the same ''language'' or interface as this one. This uses [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] the software behind [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]. There are other wiki environments [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_software] such as the original [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki WikiWikiWeb]. | ||
Current revision as of 22:24, 25 October 2006
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[edit] What is a wiki
- Content management systems
- Database?
- Collaborative editing
- Real-time editing
[edit] Defining features
- (Virtually) all pages may be edited
- Editable from any web-browser. No software
- Reduced syntax (now, often WYSIWYG)
- Zero effort to create new page
- Standing history of all changes.
- Text search
[edit] Drawbacks
- Threat of vandalism
- Most wikis can enforce the use of user names. But, required approval of changes tends to limit use.
[edit] Possible educational uses of a wiki
[edit] Real
- Group (or individual) research database
- Class resources in an advanced (post-secondary) classroom
[edit] For the sake of teaching
- Foreign language dictionary
- Historical timeline
- Class-created scientific classifications
[edit] How to get a Wiki
- Your school may already run a wiki service.
- Your school may provide a more general environment (Blackboard or Moodle) with a wiki module.
- Commercial wiki farms provide wiki space either for a fee or advertising space.
- EditThis provides ad-driven space.
- WikiSpaces Pay or ad, but offer a classroom version
Note: Not all wikis use the same language or interface as this one. This uses MediaWiki the software behind Wikipedia. There are other wiki environments [1] such as the original WikiWikiWeb.
