Teaching Tips - Wikis

What is a wiki?
(Definition summarized from information provided on the Teaching Learning & Technology (TLT) Group Website. A wiki is a collaborative website comprised of many authors. Anyone can make additions, deletions, or changes to the content on a wiki. The first wiki was developed by Ward Cunningham in 1995. Wikis are popular with academia, scientists, IT Techies, and other knowledge communities.

Wikipedia, an open content encyclopedia, is a popular wiki.

Listservs, blogs, and wikis can be incorporated into the classroom. For more information on the integration of these community building tools, refer to the resources below or call the Center at 615-494-7671.

• The Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group (TLT), (Contains numerous links on this website to other resources.)
• “Educational Blogging,” Downes, Stephen, EDUCAUSE REVIEW, vol. 9, no. 5, September/October 2004
• “The Educated Blogger: Using Weblogs to Promote Literacy in the Classroom”
• “Creating Community, Online and Off,” Harvard, John, Harvard Magazine, January – February 2004.
• Ohio Learning Network