Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.
Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanism in that it allows the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself.
Like many simple concepts "open editing" have some profound and subtle effects on Wikis usage. Allowing everyday users to create and edit any page in a Web site and exciting in that it encourages democratic use of the web and promotes content composition by nontechnical users.
I could conclude that Wikis have evolved as part of a general shift to Web 2.0 technologies, a move towards peer generated content on the internet. Essentially an open document
on the internet which is available to all to access, edit and add to, the wiki’s capabilities bring it into line with social constructivist views of learning and make it an ideal collaborative teaching and learning tool
for developing understanding and broadening topical knowledge.
There are however, a number of stages to consider in making integrated wiki use successful and to help with this an innovation implementation strategy is needed. Maintaining the motivation
of learners to participate in integrating wiki use into classes and courses is a consideration.
Above all, a strategy for integrated wiki use must consider the purpose of the wiki what learners and teachers will use the wiki for. Three modes of use can be arrived at:
administrative, referential and developmental and a number of specific uses can be described within each mode.
While many writers have identified possibilities offered by wikis and demonstrated how, with specific contexts and goals, this may be achieved, a general approach has yet to be fully
formulated. It is hoped that what follows goes some way towards that. Administrative functions relate to documentation that allows teachers and learners to provide an online record of course related administration. The teacher
or course administrator may wish to “lock” some of these pages, i.e. to prevent editing by learners, to preserve the integrity of the records.
Possible uses include:
1) Attendance records
2) Homework tasks
3) Homework records (which tasks learners have performed)
4) Marks, grades and feedback
5) Learner self-assessment or learner diaries
6) Course syllabi
7) Timetabling
Sign up sheets The change from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 has, in many ways, paralleled a shift in views on knowledge and learning. Seely Brown and Adler (2008: 3) mark a clear
distinction between Cartesian views, or a hierarchical approach to knowledge and learning where knowledge is objectified and transferred from the expert (teacher) to the amateur (student); and views of social learning where
understanding is jointly constructed as participants question each other and clarify areas of uncertainty.
References:
LeBar, Z. (2014) What are Wikis, and Why Should You Use Them? Retrieved from https://business.tutsplus.com/tutorials/what-are-wikis-and-why-should-you-use-them--cms-19540
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