Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not
Brian Lamb,
EDUCAUSE Review,
Aug 30, 2004
As promised last week, items from this month's EDUCAUSE Review. "Remember when the Internet was about opening up access to information and breaking down the barriers between content creators and content consumers?" asks Brian Lamb. Here's the answer: wikis. "The signature of a wiki is a link at the bottom of the page reading 'Edit text of this page' or something similar." What's important about wikis is that they change the traditional approach to publishing. "Access restrictions, rigidly defined workflows, and structures are anathema to most wiki developers. What’s unique about wikis is that users define for themselves how their processes and groups will develop, usually by making things up as they go along." After dealing with 'the standard objection,' the author examines the use of Wikis in education. "They are popping up like mushrooms, as wikis will, at colleges and universities around the world, sometimes in impromptu ways and more often with thoughtful intent." Beautifully written, thorough, informative, and with a bonus wiki added.
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