Wikis are web sites that anyone can edit. They are by nature a work in progress, and recognize that information is rarely static, and is more often dynamic and multidimensional. A wiki doesn’t just build networks between the editors and authors, it also builds networks between types of information and knowledge.
Wikis of Interest
- Wikimedia Commons – A database of freely usable media media files
- Wikispecies – an open, free directory of species. It covers Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Bacteria, Archaea, Protista and all other forms of life. So far they have 153,269 taxonomic entries.
- Wikibooks – a community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit. Wikibooks began on July 10, 2003; since then Wikibooks has grown to include over 32,343 pages in a multitude of textbooks created by volunteers
- Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project devoted to learning resources and learning projects for all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional training and informal learning. Wikiversity invites teachers, students, and researchers to join them in creating open educational resources and collaborative learning communities.
- Wikisource – an online library of free content publications
Where to Build your own Wiki
Here are some different places where you can build your own wiki:
- MediaWiki (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki)
- Peanut Butter Wiki (http://pbwiki.com/)
- Swiki (http://wiki.squeak.org/swiki/)
- Tiddlywiki (http://tiddlyspot.com/)
- Very Quick Wiki (http://www.vqwiki.org/)
- Wikispaces (http://www.wikispaces.com/)
- For a larger list, see Wikipedia’s list of wikis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wikis).
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Adapted from Library Instruction Wiki
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