Wikis

• The Basics
• Knowledge/Information
• Wikipedia - "A multilingual, Web-based,  free-content encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers…(with) editions in about 180 languages (10 of which have more than 50,000 articles). According to Hitwise, an online measurement company, Wikipedia is the most popular reference site on the Internet."
• Esquire article about Wikipedia - written collaboratively using a wiki
• Business/Customers
• Apple iPod Nano
• Business/Productivity
• Michelin China
• Education
• Romantic Audience Project - Bowdoin College
• Communication Department - UIC
• Wiki adoption in higher education
• Quicker among students
• UIC Communication Dept. wiki was student-driven
• Why use wikis in higher education?
• Participatory, anti-hierarchical, progressive knowledge building, collaborative, encourages student-faculty interaction
• Experiment with a Wiki!
• Burks Oakley's wiki - "Oh what a wiki web we weave..."
• Wikispaces.com
• The Future of Wikis
• Working in teams is increasingly common in many fields
• Knowledge management is increasingly useful
• Education benefits from collaboration and interaction
• Wiki tools are being planned for word processors, and even operating systems