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= Wikis =
= Wikis =
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# Content management systems
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* [[Outline for 25 Oct 2006]]
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# Collaborative editing
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# Real-time editing
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== Defining features ==
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# (Virtually) all pages may be edited
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# Editable from any web-browser.  No software
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# Reduced syntax (now, often WYSIWYG)
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# Zero effort to create new page
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# Standing history of all changes.
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# Text search
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== Drawbacks ==
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* Threat of vandalism
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** Most wikis can enforce the use of user names.  But, required approval of changes tends to limit use.
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== Possible educational uses of a wiki ==
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=== ''Real'' ===
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* Group (or individual) '''research database'''
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* '''Class resources''' in an advanced (post-secondary) classroom
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=== ''For the sake of teaching'' ===
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* Foreign language '''dictionary'''
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* Historical timeline
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* Class-created scientific classifications
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== How to get a Wiki ==
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* Your school may already run a wiki service.
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* Your school may provide a more general environment (Blackboard or Moodle) with a wiki module.
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* 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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'''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].
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