Wikis are collaborative platforms where multiple users can create, edit, and manage content collectively. Unlike blogs, which are often controlled by individual authors, wikis facilitate group collaboration and allow anyone with access to contribute.
Wikis are often compared to blogs because, in many ways, they’re similar: they’re easy to edit, are used to collaborate, and each is easy to set up.
The difference between a wiki and a blog is that wikis are designed for collaboration among groups of users. Anyone with the shared wiki password can edit the content on a wiki at any time. Wikis also provide discussion boards for every page, enabling users to engage in ongoing conversations about their developing project.
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Examples of wikis
Gamepedia
WikiHow
Wikipedia
Should we use a wiki or a blog?
How can wikis be used in education, and specifically in foreign language education?
Poetry Class
For English class, the teacher can post a poem online and have the students discuss its meaning. Students can also post their own poems for peer review.
Join the Debate Team
Using a written set of guidelines, teachers post topics that students can argue by using wiki online forums. Teachers will monitor the discussions/debates while students learn online debate etiquette.
Collaborative annotated bibliographies where students add summaries and critiques about course-related readings
Include the wiki project in your classroom syllabus.
It can be used as a class home page or a space to organize information and links.
benefits
Easy to use and learn.
People located in different parts of the world can work on the same document.
problems and issues with using wikis
Anyone can edit it
Open to SPAM and vandalism
Why using wikis in class?
*Wikis can help you create interactive learning environments.
*Wikis promote active learning where students can actively participate in educational activities like writing, discussing etc.
*Wikis support collaborative learning because Wikis can enable groups of students to work together to solve a problem, complete a project etc.
*Wikis can help you prepare your students for the 21st century marketplace by developing digital literacy skills
What are wikis?
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A wiki is a website that is collaboratively created by multiple users. It can also be thought of as a collaborative content management system (CMS) for collecting and organizing media that is created and revised by its users.
