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 What is Wiki ?

 Everday’s life application

 Education’s application

 Rersearch’s application
Wiki is a major component of Web 2.0, the emergent generation of web tools and applications
(Adie, 2006). Web 2.0 has the potential to complement, enhance, and add new collaborative dimensions to the
classroom.
Web 2.0 technologies such as wiki have been dubbed 'social software' because they are perceived as being
especially connected, allowing users to develop Web content collaboratively and open to the public
(Alexander, 2006).
Wikis in particular actively involve learners in their own construction of knowledge (Boulos, Maramba, &
Wheeler, 2006).
 What is Wiki ?

The term 'wiki' is derived from the Ha-


waiian phrase, wiki-wiki, which means
quick. A wiki is a collaborative web site
whose content can be edited by visitors
to the site, allowing users to easily
Create and edit web pages
collaboratively (Chao, 2007).
In essence, a wiki is a simplification of
the process of creating HTML web pages
in combination with a system that
records each individual change that
occurs over time
Everday’s life application

• Family and Personal Projects

• Learning and Personal Growth

• Documentation for Hobbies and DIY Projects


Education’s application

Many of the papers that deal with wikis in education


indicate how a wiki supports a particular approach to
learning. The most commonly listed learning paradigms are
the cooperative/collaborative learning paradigm and the
constructivist paradigm, although others are referenced.
Rersearch’s application

* Students can use a wiki to develop research projects, with the wiki serving as
ongoing documentation of their work.
* Students can add summaries of their thoughts from the prescribed readings,
building a collaborative annotated bibliography on a wiki.
* A wiki can be used for publishing course resources like syllabi and handouts, and
students can edit and comment on these directly for all to see.
* Teachers can use wikis as a knowledge base, enabling them to share reflections and
thoughts regarding teaching practices, and allowing for versioning and
documentation.
* Wikis can be used to map concepts. They are useful for brainstorming, and editing a
given wiki topic can produce a linked network of resources.
* A wiki can be used as a presentation tool in place of conventional software, and
students are able to directly comment on and revise the presentation content

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