120 likes | 277 Views
The Wonderful World of . Kaisa Visa Yumi. What is wiki?. wiki wiki Collaborative software Organization editing Personal wiki Soft security Wiki communities. More general info. Number of wiki users? Ease of distribution History information Wiki code Wiki software. History of wikis.
E N D
The Wonderful World of Kaisa Visa Yumi
What is wiki? • wiki wiki • Collaborative software • Organization editing • Personal wiki • Soft security • Wiki communities
More general info • Number of wiki users? • Ease of distribution • History information • Wiki code • Wiki software
History of wikis • Memex • Wikiwiki web • Snowballing in late 90’s • Wikipedia • New commercial products • Explosion of interest • wiki becomes a word
Examples of Wikis • Several kinds of Wikis: -Open wiki & unlimited authorship -Open wiki & limited authorship -Closed wiki for certain members • Examples Wikipedia Web-based collaborative encyclopedia project
Examples of Wikis • Wikitravel Web-based collaborative travel guide project (printed guides also published) http://wikitravel.org/en/Finland • Ganfyd Medical wiki community and online medical wiki encyclopedia (only registered medical practitioners/specialists can publish article) http://www.ganfyd.org/index.php?title=Stomach_cancer
Examples of Wikis • Wikileaks Wiki site that an international NPO(wikileaks) publishes submissions of private, secret and classified media from anonymous news sources, news leaks. http://www.wikileaks.ch/
Examples of Wiki • Wikiversity Supports learning communities, their learning materials, and resulting activities (offers tutorials, courses for the fostering of learning, rather than formal content) http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Technical_writing • Wikispaces(closed community for members) Hosting service for private wikis.
Wikis in learning • Platform (formal and non-formal) • Construction (layers) • Contribution • Knowledge • Potential (Wikiversity)
Pros • Access to information • Contributing to others’ learning • Platform • Useful tools: Wikipedia, Wiktionary
Cons • The reliability of information • Building the knowledge? • Access • Social aspect of learning