The following will provide tutorials, definitions and resources for Wikis. You are not required to look at all of the material, but search it until you feel that you have a good understanding of what is required for you to fulfill the assignment.

Table of contents
  1. Whats a Wiki?
    1. Where Can I Create My Own Wiki?
    2. A quality debate, or Wikipedia versus Britannica
    3. Example
    4. Links To Learning
    5. Assignment

Whats a Wiki?

Where Can I Create My Own Wiki?

A list of wiki farms. (http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiFarms)

Some are free, some are not. A description is included with each wiki address. Examples:

  1. Peanut Butter Wiki (http://pbwiki.com)
  2. JotSpot (http://jotspot.com)
  3. Community Wiki (http://communitywiki.org/odd/)
  4. Media Wiki (http://mediawiki.org)(the one you are seeing right now)

A quality debate, or Wikipedia versus Britannica

Internet encyclopaedias go head to head (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438900a.html)

Example

Wikipedia.com

Links To Learning

Assignment

  1. Contribute to an article of your own choosing on Wikipedia (http://wikipedia.org/)
  2. Make a post to your blog describing your contribution
  3. Update the INST 5280 Blog List
  4. Link the update to your blog