wiki

From Wikipedia (search Wiki) A wiki is a website whose users can add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Wikis may serve many different purposes. Some permit control over different functions (levels of access). Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software (1994), WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work. "Wiki" is a Hawaiian word meaning "fast" or "quick". Cunningham developed Vannevar Bush's ideas by allowing users to "comment on and change one another's text. In the early 2000s, wikis were increasingly adopted in enterprise as collaborative software. Common uses included project communication, intranets, and documentation, initially for technical users. Today some companies use wikis as their only collaborative software and as a replacement for static intranets, and some schools and universities use wikis to enhance group learning.

Wikis are collaboratively authored websites, where anyone with a password can make alterations to unlocked sections.

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Wikis rely on the principle of //collective intelligence// and the notion that the product of collaborative work is often superior to what can be created by a single individual. //Advantages for students include the ability to draft and redraft work collaboratively, with each contributor adding to and modifying the work of others//. From an educational point of view, wikis are the perfect platform for social constructivist and community of practice approaches, and they are ideal for promoting a sense of a //learning community//.

media type="custom" key="11975079" Wiki pages generally include a discussion function, giving access to discussion forums which function much like asynchronous discussion boards. A history function (tab) allows changes to be tracked by students and/or by the teacher. Changes can be easily undone, should this be necessary. Most wikis allow users to subscribe to an rss feed so that they are notified of changes made to pages they are watching.

Everyone can contribute to the common project writing the pages of the website with the possibility of modifing the contents of the pages. || Wiki pages generally include a discussion function, giving access to discussion forums which function much like asynchronous discussion boards. ||
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A history function (tab) allows changes to be tracked by students and/or by the teacher. || Changes can be easily undone, should this be necessary. Most wikis allow users to subscribe to an rss feed so that they are notified of changes made to pages they are watching. || A wiki is a website that allows the construction of a learning community, with the participation of members and organizers. The organizer is the webmaster of the website that maintains the history of the inside changes. It is possible to regulate the accesses so that some pages cannot be modified. It is possible to go back to an old version of a webpage and to maintain a trace of different contribute through the history function.
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