What are wikis good for?
Along with Blogs, wikis are starting to gain traction as a technology tool that has application to learning. Essentially online documents that can be edited by multiple users, wikis are in a relatively early stage of development, but starting to gain currency with educational institutions. This artilce: http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/procs/augar.html provides useful background on wikis as a tool, and outlines the use of a wiki at Deakin University as an icebreaker activity for online learning.
Posted by Phil Garing at May 9, 2005 10:23 AM
