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This presentation was used in a 15 minute talk about wikis at TAFE's ICVET conference in August 2007. It gives a brief overview of wikis, how they are being used and the behaviours of wiki users.
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11 August 2007 www.saikore.com
WikiWhat does it mean for ME?
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11 August 2007 www.saikore.com
What is a wiki?
A collaborative
workplace
(get on the Wiki Wiki bus!)
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•Easy to use
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•A page history, and the ability to roll back changes
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•Recent changes
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•Search
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Who is using wikis now?
Number of pages in Google that match a search for ‘TAFE wikispaces’:
July 2007 – 15,000August 2007 – 16,000
Growing at 1000 pages per month!
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Who is using wikis now?
In industry
Many thousands of usages.
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Who is using wikis now?Example: Academic Confluence usage
• British Library • Brown University • Cardiff University • Cornell University • Duke University • Harvard Business School • Johns Hopkins University • Macquarie University • MIT • New York University • Queensland University of Technology • Stanford University • Stockholm University • University of Bath • University of California • University of Hawaii • University of Melbourne • University of Oslo • University of Southern California • Yale University
• The leading enterprise wiki
• Used by over 3000 organisations
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How can wikis be used in TAFE?
Project management SectionsTeachersStudents
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Why are wikis popular?
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Personal
productivity tool
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Power to disseminate knowledge without
losing control
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Easy way to collaborate
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What to Wiki people do differently?
Wiki Behaviours
Three basic ones
(Lots of advanced ones)
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BEHAVIOUR 1
• If you have something to write, write it in the wiki.
(within reason…)
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BEHAVIOUR 2
• Send links to wiki pages, not chunks of text
(within reason…)
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BEHAVIOUR 3
• Check the recent changes
(typically daily)
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1. If you have something to write, write it in the wiki
2. If you need to send an email, send a link to a wiki page
3. Check the recent changes
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