Documentation:Social Web Tools/Wiki

Wiki

Description: [from Wikipedia ] A wiki is a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone with access to contribute or modify content, using a simplified [markup language]. Wikis are often used to create collaboration|collaborative websites and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopedia [Wikipedia] is one of the best-known wikis.

Examples:

• Mediawiki
• pbwiki
• wikkawiki.org
• wikispaces.com

Uses:

Collaborative project development, collaborative writing, peer-reviewed authorship, keeping track of resources for group projects, sharing resources for tutoring, organizing group events, communities of practice, collaborative resource development, etc. Publishing in a web format allows for easy sharing via rss or simple url (link).

UBC Supported:

• CTLT is piloting a [Mediawiki] service for the UBC community.

UBC In Practice:

• Murder, Madness, and Mayhem Project Page on Wikipedia, North of the Rio Grande course blog - the work of UBC Professor Jon Beasley-Murray, (Wikipedia Page, Blog)
• Article: El Señor Presidente
• UBC's English Language Arts Wiki (2007)
• LEAP wikis for tutoring: Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Math
• Creating an LIS Course on Social Software: planning and research
• Team-based Learning: Faculty of Applied Science: resource wiki.

Learn More:

• [WikiMatrix:http://www.wikimatrix.org/]
• O'Reilly's: What is a Wiki...?