Wiki's a Definition (Wikipedia):
- A Wiki of WikiWiki is a collection of related webpages which are very easy to edited through a internetbrowser
- The main features of a wiki are:
- Open: content and software
- Dynamic
- Simple Format / Unic names
- Traceable
- Flexible
- Hypertext Navigation
- No predetermined structure
The use of WIKI s in higher Education: ideas!
- Educators can blog:
- can use a wiki
- For collaborative course preparation
For collaborative study domains
- Students can find the use a WIKI interesting for:
- Online drafting
- Collecting links
- Practice their writing skills
- Preparing a paper together with other students (international of local
- o Making their own encyclopedia
- Creating an extended lexicon
- to learn to search, find, analyse and synthesise information (is is useful, relevant, recent, to be trusted, etc.) (information skills)
- to learn computer skills
- Institutions can find WIKI s interesting:
- To create a encyclopedia collaborative
- To collect knowledge from departments and different research areas
How to get started?
A WIKI can be created through free services
You can work on an existing wiki like f.e. wikipedia
You can start your own wiki server, through free software services as mediawiki