WIKI WHATS THE BIG DEAL WITH WIKI WHATS
WIKI? WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL WITH
WIKI? WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL WITH Early WWW: Web 1. 0 Strengths: • HTML is easy to learn • Anyone can build a site • Anyone read your site • Feedback is easy with email
WIKI? WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL WITH Early WWW: Web 1. 0 Drawbacks: • You still have to learn HTML • It is difficult to share responsibility for a site • Email feedback burdens the site developer • Barriers to casual participation are high • No easy history or archive
WIKI? WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL WITH Introducing the Wiki How does wiki address these problems? • • Syntax is much simpler than HTML Anyone can contribute to or edit a site Editorial responsibility is shared All changes are archived and accessible
WIKI? WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL WITH Today’s WWW: Web 2. 0 Results we can see today? • Participation is paramount • Low barriers to access • Many people doing small tasks in parallel accomplish big things
WIKI? WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL WITH Example 1: Research: Boston Molasses Flood Traditional web result: http: //www. cnn. com/2004/US/Northeast/01/23/mol asses. flood. ap/ Wiki participatory web result: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Boston_molasses_disa ster
WIKI? WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL WITH Example 2: Documentation Research: Shared project documentation Traditional online documentation: http: //frontier. userland. com/users. Guide Wiki online documentation: http: //codex. wordpress. org/
WIKI? WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL WITH Wiki Trivia “Wiki” is a Hawaiian word meaning fast, quick, or to hasten.
WIKI? WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL WITH Your task for today Wikis help projects that value: • Parallel thinking • Collaboration • Easy access from multiple locations Homework: Imagine a project that would benefit from a wiki. Describe the purpose of the project and how the wiki would help. Be as specific as possible.
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