Wiki: The Ultimate Tool for Online Collaboration
Sponsor: SirsiDynix Institute
Date: July 13, 2006
Presenter: Meredith Farkas, Distance Learning Librarian, Norwich University. Meredith's blog is "Information Wants to Be Free" and she is the creator of several wikis, including Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki.
Meredith Farkas, frequent presenter on wikis and their use in a library context, offered her insights to over 100 webinar attendees. She discussed what wikis are, how they are structured, the components of a wiki, and how they differ from blogs. Meredith presented both pros (easy, web-based, flexible and extensible) and cons of wikis (too open, ownership of content issues, somewhat disorganized, prone to vandalism/spam).
I find the most interesting aspects of presentations on new technologies are the uses people find for the tool. Meredith showed the audience several examples of how wikis could be used: as a community wiki (e.g., Davis, California); as a subject guide (e.g., BizWiki at Ohio University); as courseware (e.g., Bemidji State University Rhetoric course); and as website / content management system (USC Aiken Gregg-Graniteville Library).
Meredith also showed how librarians are using wikis internally: as an intranet (e.g., Norwich University, behind their firewall); for collaborative document editing; for collaborative training / procedures manual (e.g., Antioch Graduate School); as conference guidebook (e.g., Internet Librarian 2006); as a knowledge base (e.g., Library Success); and as planning space for conferences (e.g., HigherEdBlogCon).
Meredith closed with points to consider in selecting and using a wiki. Issues include whether or not the wiki is externally hosted, ease of installation, security, ease of use, cost (many are free), syntax, version control, discussion functions and RSS. More information on comparing wiki software can be found at http://www.wikimatrix.org/
SirsiDynix Institute offers free web seminars on a variety of topics. Their offerings can be viewed at http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/. The website also contains an archive of past presentations.
Date: July 13, 2006
Presenter: Meredith Farkas, Distance Learning Librarian, Norwich University. Meredith's blog is "Information Wants to Be Free" and she is the creator of several wikis, including Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki.
Meredith Farkas, frequent presenter on wikis and their use in a library context, offered her insights to over 100 webinar attendees. She discussed what wikis are, how they are structured, the components of a wiki, and how they differ from blogs. Meredith presented both pros (easy, web-based, flexible and extensible) and cons of wikis (too open, ownership of content issues, somewhat disorganized, prone to vandalism/spam).
I find the most interesting aspects of presentations on new technologies are the uses people find for the tool. Meredith showed the audience several examples of how wikis could be used: as a community wiki (e.g., Davis, California); as a subject guide (e.g., BizWiki at Ohio University); as courseware (e.g., Bemidji State University Rhetoric course); and as website / content management system (USC Aiken Gregg-Graniteville Library).
Meredith also showed how librarians are using wikis internally: as an intranet (e.g., Norwich University, behind their firewall); for collaborative document editing; for collaborative training / procedures manual (e.g., Antioch Graduate School); as conference guidebook (e.g., Internet Librarian 2006); as a knowledge base (e.g., Library Success); and as planning space for conferences (e.g., HigherEdBlogCon).
Meredith closed with points to consider in selecting and using a wiki. Issues include whether or not the wiki is externally hosted, ease of installation, security, ease of use, cost (many are free), syntax, version control, discussion functions and RSS. More information on comparing wiki software can be found at http://www.wikimatrix.org/
SirsiDynix Institute offers free web seminars on a variety of topics. Their offerings can be viewed at http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/. The website also contains an archive of past presentations.
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