Wikis A
Much like the first word processors were build around the notion of a piece of paper as the creative canvas that you would save as "files" in "folders" on your computer (in order to ease the mental transition to computing), the wiki is a creative canvas built around the notion of a network: distributed access, global publishing, and integrated online syndication (via RSS). This shift has ignited more fluid collaboration that is simple to establish and sustain, fostering the rise of countless communities to create, curate and moderate their own wiki sites.
This module provides an overview of wikis using wikipedia and the various wikimedia properties as a model, and then explores other ways in which the medium has been implemented.
related
materials
Collections tagged "wikis" on shiftlearning.com
This module's exercise.
"Wikis" on the old class website from SP09, but contains slides from the previous presentation.
videos
research
question
What are some of the core strengths (things it can do better than any other medium) of wikis?
- Cite examples with links to support your findings
- Respond via comments on this page
- Reply to class colleagues’ posts
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