15 Minutes a Day: What are Wikis?

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

Where to Build your own Wiki

Here are some different places where you can build your own wiki:

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15 Minutes a Day: 10 things you did not know about Wikipedia – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

10 things you did not know about Wikipedia is a list of insights about Wikipedia specifically targeted at people who have limited prior experience with the project, such as journalists, new editors, and new readers. These explanations should not surprise experienced editors, but hopefully will help the rest of the world to shape an informed opinion of our work.

Wikipedia is part of a growing movement for free knowledge that is
beginning to permeate science and education. The Wikimedia Foundation directly operates eight sister projects to the encyclopedia: Wiktionary (a dictionary and thesaurus), Wikisource (a library of source documents), Wikimedia Commons (a media repository of more than one million images, videos, and sound files), Wikibooks (a collection of textbooks and manuals), Wikiversity (an interactive learning resource), Wikinews (an experiment in citizen journalism), Wikiquote (a collection of quotations), and Wikispecies

(a directory of all forms of life). Like Wikipedia itself, all these projects are freely licensed and open to contributions.

Read the Full Article at: Wikipedia:10 things you did not know about Wikipedia – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Campus Technology Webinar: Wikis and emerging Web 2.0 eLearning communities

Campus Technology webinar: Wikis and emerging Web 2.0 eLearning communities
Sponsored by: Socialtext
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Date: September 6, 2007
Time: 11:00am Pacific Time (2:00pm Eastern)
Register: http://www.1105info.com/updamdf_rgwraews.html
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Join us September 6th when social networking expert Howard Rheingold and Boston College’s Jerry Kane share strategies for using wikis and other Web 2.0 technologies to stimulate discussion, capture and share knowledge, and better support students and improve their academic performance. In this free, one-hour webinar moderated by Campus Technology’s Matt Villano and sponsored by Socialtext, you will learn from your peers in education how to:

* Create online communities that extend learning beyond the traditional classroom
* Generate rich, interactive and up-to-date course curriculum
* Reduce email traffic, while better capturing and sharing knowledge
* Provide flexible, collaboration tools for student, faculty and staff

Spend an hour with the experts and get strategies for developing an action plan for your campus. Our panel will field audience questions during a brief Q&A session at the end of the live presentation.

To register:
http://www.1105info.com/igdkfde_rgwraews.html