Introduction to Wiki

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Introduction to Wiki
Eschers Drawing Hands (1948) seems to best
illustrate Wikis http//www.mcescher.com/
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Welcome

• Introduction to Wikis
• Kevin Lim
• Educational Technology Center
• University at Buffalo
• (2 hour workshop)

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Wiki examples
Source http//www.writely.com
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Wiki examples
Source http//theory.wikispaces.com
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Wiki examples
Source http//www.softwaregarden.com/wkcalpha/
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AgendaWiki Workshop

1. What is a Wiki?
2. How Wiki Works
3. Examples of Wiki
4. How to use a Wiki
5. Open Discussion

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What is a Wiki?

• The first Wiki, WikiWikiWeb, was created by Ward
  Cunningham in 1995
• Named after Hawaiian bus service, Wiki Wiki
• The simplest online database that could possibly
  work - Ward
• Allows users to easily create and edit Web pages
  using any Web browser
• Encourages democratic use of Web
• Source http//wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki

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How Wiki Works
Source http//www.communitywiki.org/fr/HowWikiWor
ks
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Anatomy of Wikipedia Normal View
key interaction areas
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Anatomy of Wikipedia Editing View
key interaction areas
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Anatomy of Wikipedia Revision View
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Why Wiki?Using Wiki in Education

• Easily create simple websites
• Project development with peer review
• Group authoring
• Track a group project
• Data Collection
• Review classes teachers
• Presentations
• Source http//scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/i
  ndex.php?titleUsing_wiki_in_education

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Wiki Comparison Are you using the right wiki?
Source http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of
_wiki_software
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uwlibrariese.wikispaces.com
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cybernetics.wikispaces.com
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Why Wikispaces?Breakdown of features

• Public, protected, and private wikis at
  yourname.wikispaces.com
• Features WYSIWYG and plain wikitext editing
• Supported by text ads
• No limits on number of pages, members, or space
• Has integrated discussion areas
• RSS feeds for page changes and messages
• Backups of Wiki in zip or tgz format
• Revision management

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Signing up with Wikispaces
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Signing up with Wikispaces
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Signing up with Wikispaces
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Signing up with Wikispaces
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Using Wikispaces
Go into Live Demo
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RSSthe plumbing of our living web
Text
Based on Dions RSS illustration at
http//www.flickr.com/photos/dionh/62142614/
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ReferencesRelated Wiki Links

• References also available at
• http//theory.isthereason.com/?p769
• Wikipedia Wiki
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
• Wikibooks How to start a Wiki
• http//en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wiki_ScienceHow_to_s
  tart_a_Wiki
• Wikipedia How to Edit a Page
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikipediaHow_to_edit
  _a_page
• Free Wiki has demos, screenshots, and general
  info on Wikis.
• http//www.freewiki.info/
• A Comprehensive Wiki Comparison
  Enginehttp//www.wikimatrix.org/
• Using Wiki in Education
• http//scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?t
  itleUsing_wiki_in_education

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ReferencesRelated Blog Readings

• Blogs Wikis contributing to the e-dialog
• Recordings of an ETC Discussion Forum held on
  September 28th, 2005, provided by Professor Alex
  Halavais
• Weblogs and collaborative web publishing as
  learning spaces. Halavais, A. (In press). In J.
  Weiss, J. Nolan, and P. Trifonas (Eds.),
  International Handbook of Virtual Learning
  Environments. Springer.
• Handbook for Bloggers and Cyberdissidents
• Reporters Without Borders.
• http//www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique542
• Communities of practice Learning, meaning, and
  identity. Cambridge University Press. Wenger, E.
  (1998).