An Introduction to Wikis

David Jakes

everyone participates, everyone contributes

read/write web

blogs, podcasting, social bookmarking, RSS, and …

wikis!

wikis are websites anyone can edit

wikis are collaborative spaces for creating shared

understanding

the basic idea…

the most famous example

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Source: Wikiside.com

how do we leverage the capabilities of wikis to improve

student performance?

web resources available at Jakesonline.org

wiki types

web-hosted vs. in-house hosting

what should we look for in a wiki?

let’s examine a basic wiki

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