Outline for 25 Oct 2006

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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.
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** [http://www.editthis.info http://www.editthis.info] provides ad-driven space.
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** [http://www.editthis.info EditThis] provides ad-driven space.
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** [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

Contents

[edit] What is a wiki

  1. Content management systems
    • Database?
  2. Collaborative editing
  3. Real-time editing

[edit] Defining features

  1. (Virtually) all pages may be edited
  2. Editable from any web-browser. No software
  3. Reduced syntax (now, often WYSIWYG)
  4. Zero effort to create new page
  5. Standing history of all changes.
  6. 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.

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.

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