Upload
florence-devouard
View
586
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Presentation given at the elearning conference in Lisbon in 2007. Title is "the wiki potential in education".
Citation preview
Stroking the story-telling nature of all of us
Source: WiktionaryLicense: GFDL
wiki (plural wikis)A collaborative website which can be directly edited by
anyone with access to it.
The simplest online databaseRequires a computer and an internet connection
Goal: making exchanges of ideas, easier
The Read-Write Internet
Creation and modification of wiki pages open to anyoneLarge number of hyper links between pages
The Read-Write Internet
Use a simple markup language using a webbrowser
Quality control feature: versioning
Record the history of a page (previous versions stored)
The {{SoFixIt}} culture
Bottom-up community control
Controlling changesTitle search of full-text search
Wikis are suited for
• Easily create simple websites
• Group authoring (eg, assignment, report)
• Data collection / documentation / archiving
• Project planning
• E-learning platform
• Review of classes and teachers (by students)
Empowering individuals and communitiesSimple tools, wikis reduce the digital gap
Over 8 000 000 articles,Over 200 000 000 visitors per month
Wikipedia’s radical idea
Imagine a world in whichevery single person isgiven free access to thesum of all humanknowledge.
Imagine a bookshelf…
Wikipedia,The free encyclopedia
An online encyclopedia, created in january 2001available in over 200 languagesOperated by Wikimedia FoundationFree as in free beer (“gratis”)Free as in free speech (“libre”)Written by thousands of volunteers
1st lever: learning from others
Information: from scarcity to abundanceThe teacher: from knowledge possessor to learning facilitator
2nd lever: teaching others
Nobody knowseverything
but everyone knowssomething
Becoming an active voiceSkills for creation, but also negotiation, consensus building, conflict resolution
3rd lever: nurturing a respectful & critical mind
Neutrality of Point of View
• Readers are from diverse political, religious, culturalbackgrounds
• Content represent all significant views fairly andwithout bias
Respect of other people copyrights
Checking and citing sources
Behaving in an open environment
4th lever: reduce, re-use and recycle
Freedom as a bedrock principle• All content is under a free licence• Our software is free software• We use free format
DutiesAll derivative work is to be kept freeThe source must be mentionned
RightsUse the information without limitationDistribute it in as many copies as desiredModify it, reduce or add to it
4th lever: reduce, re-use and recycle
Open source maximizes progress through cooperationFree licence prevents restrictions to dissemination
5th lever: preserving linguistic diversity
Vigdis FinnbogadottirUNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Languages
“Everyone loses if one languageis lost because then a nationand culture lose their memory,and so does the complextapestry from which the worldis woven and which makes theworld an exciting place.”