Difference between revisions of "About Mediawiki at Evergreen"

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Definition

A wiki (IPA: [ˈwiː.kiː] <wee-kee> or [ˈwɪ.kiː] <wick-ey>[1]) is a type of website that allows users to add, remove, or otherwise edit and change most content very quickly and easily, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative writing. - from Wikipedia

Wiki Links

Quick Guide to Wiki Syntax
Wikipedia
Student Survival Guide A collaborative wiki knowledge base developed by the students in Information Landscapes.

Curricular Uses

Collaborative Writing
Create a knowledge base
Presentation tool
Research Coordination and Collaboration
Conference and Colloquia Web Site / Coordination

Advantages

Quick
Focus is on content versus presentation
Students can post their own work and get interactive feedback

Disadvantages

Can become quickly chaotic
Possibility of losing or "orphaning" pages
Students need to create their own table of contents to show list of papers
Students need to create new pages in order to respond to peers' essays (what about using the discussion tab could be used for this?)

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 ==Wiki Links==
 * [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Cheatsheet-en.pdf Quick Guide to Wiki Syntax]
-* [[WikiTalk]]
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]
 * [http://shishi.evergreen.edu/wiki/index.php/SurvivalGuide Student Survival Guide] A collaborative wiki knowledge base developed by the students in [http://shishi.evergreen.edu/wiki/index.php/Information_Landscapes_Pages Information Landscapes].