What is it?

 

A wiki is a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language^[1][2]. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. (Wikipedia)

 

For more information

 

• Article - Working in Wiki - http://www.governing.com/articles/0805wiki.htm
• List of wikis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wikis
• Compare wiki software - http://www.wikimatrix.org/
• Wikis in libraries - http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/wiki/

 

 

Free wikis

 

• PBWiki - http://pbwiki.com/
• Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/

 

 

What to do

 

Sign up for a free wiki and create your own. Work with a committee or group of friends to populate your wiki. Look at other wikis on the Web.

 

Comments

Use the "Comments" tab to add your comments on:

• What did you do?
• What worked, what didn’t
• How do you think this technology could be used for technology transfer?

 

Lessons Learned

• Wikis are about collaboration, not ownership. Many wiki s allow the "owner" to locl pages, but keep in mind that collaboration is the key to success.

ANY MORE LESSONS?