Difference between revisions of "About Mediawiki at Evergreen"

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'''''[http://www2.evergreen.edu/wikis/itsi/index.php?title=Wikis Wikis]''''' - Wikis are best when you’re focusing on group authoring of a piece of written work.  (e.g. books, papers, etc).  This page was created using Evergreen's wiki tool!
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==Definition==
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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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wikipedia]''
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==Wiki Links==
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* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Cheatsheet-en.pdf Quick Guide to Wiki Syntax]
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* [[WikiTalk]]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]
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* [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].
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==Curricular Uses==
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* Collaborative Writing
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* Create a knowledge base
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* Presentation tool
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* Research Coordination and Collaboration
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* Conference and Colloquia Web Site / Coordination
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==Advantages==
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* Quick
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* Focus is on content versus presentation
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* Students can post their own work and get interactive feedback
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==Disadvantages==
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* Can become quickly chaotic
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* Possibility of losing or "orphaning" pages
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* Students need to create their own table of contents to show list of papers
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* 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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[[Category:Academic Teaching Tools]]
 
[[Category:Academic Teaching Tools]]
 
[[Category:Web Publishing]]
 
[[Category:Web Publishing]]
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Revision as of 17:48, 5 December 2006

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

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?)