Definition
A wiki is an interactive, modifiable, and collaborative website, the contents of which can be edited via web browser; only those granted access can modify site content.
Introduction
Wikis are social networking tools characterized by a high degree of connectivity, providing users the means to collaboratively develop web content (Alexander 2006).
Wikis add powerful collaborative dimensions to the classroom by actively involving learners in their own construction of knowledge (Boulos et al. 2006). They offer information sharing and collaboration features, acting as cognitive reflection and intensification tools and aiding the construction of meaning through the self-design of knowledge repositories (Jonassen et al. 1999).
Wikis are known for their ease of use and deployment, making both information sharing and straightforward collaboration possible (Boulos et al. 2006). Further, these tools require minimal technical skill to use their features, allowing users to focus on...
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
References
Alexa Internet, Inc. (2017) The top 500 sites on the web. Retrieved 8 Oct 2017 from https://www.alexa.com/topsites
Alexander B (2006) Web 2.0: a new wave of innovation for teaching and learning? Educ Rev 41(2) (March/April). Retrieved 8 Oct 2017 from http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM0621.pdf
Allen G, Guzman-Alvarez A, Smith A, Gamage A, Molinaro M, Larsen DS (2015) Evaluating the effectiveness of the open-access ChemWiki resource as a replacement for traditional general chemistry textbooks. Chem Educ Res Pract 16(4):939–948. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5rp00084j
Archambault PM, van de Belt TH, Faber MJ, Plaisance A, Kuziemsky C, Gagnon MP, … Légaré F (2014) Collaborative writing applications in healthcare: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 11. Art. No.: C0011388. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011388. Retrieved 8 Oct 2017 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD011388/pdf
Augar N, Raitman R, Zhou W (2004) Teaching and learning online with wikis. In: Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Conference, Perth, pp 95–104, December 5–8. Retrieved 8 Oct 2017 from http://www.ascilite.org/conferences/perth04/procs/pdf/augar.pdf
Bergin J (2002) Teaching on the wiki web. In: Proceedings of the 7th annual conference on innovation and technology in computer science Education, ITICSE’02, Aarhus, p 195, June 24–26. https://doi.org/10.1145/544414.544473. Retrieved 8 Oct 2017 from http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=637610.544473
Boulos MNK, Maramba I, Wheeler S (2006) Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education. BMC Med Educ 6(41). Retrieved 8 Oct 2017 from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6920-6-41.pdf
Boyd S (2003) Are you ready for social software? Retrieved 8 Oct 2017 from http://stoweboyd.com/post/2325281845/are-you-ready-for-social-software
Brännström M, Mårtenson C (2006) Enhancing situational awareness by exploiting wiki technology. In: Proceedings of the conference on civil and military readiness 2006 (CIMI 2006), Enköping, May 16–18, Paper S3.2. Försvarets Materielverk, Stockholm. Retrieved 8 Oct 2017 from https://www.foi.se/download/18.3bca00611589ae7987813e/1480076459251/FOI-S%2D%2D2160%2D%2DSE.pdf
Brodahl C, Hansen NK (2014) Education students’ use of collaborative writing tools in collectively reflective essay papers. J Inf Technol Educ Res 13:91–120. Retrieved 8 Oct 2017 from http://www.jite.org/documents/Vol13/JITEv13ResearchP091-120Brodahl0463.pdf
Byron M (2005) Teaching with Tiki. Teach Philos 28(2):108–113. https://doi.org/10.5840/teachphil200528224. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://www.stc.arts.chula.ac.th/cyberethics/papers/Byron-Tiki-IACAP05.rtf
Campanini SE, Castagna P, Tazzoli R (2004) Platypus wiki: a semantic wiki wiki web. In: Proceedings of semantic web applications and perspectives (SWAP) – 1st Italian semantic web workshop, Ancona, 10 December 2004. http://semanticweb.deit.univpm.it/swap2004/cameraready/castagna.pdf
Chao J (2007) Student project collaboration using Wikis. In: Proceedings of the 20th conference on software engineering education and training (CSEE&T 2007), Dublin, July 3–5. Retrieved 8 Oct 2017 from http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=4271613
Chen HL, Cannon D, Gabrio J, Leifer L, Toye G, Bailey T (2005) Using wikis and weblogs to support reflective learning in an introductory engineering design course. In: Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, June 12–15. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.127.5481&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Chen YH, Jang SJ, Chen PJ (2015) Using wikis and collaborative learning for science teachers’ professional development. J Comput Assist Learn 31(4):330–344
Chu S, Kennedy D, Mak M (2009). MediaWiki and Google Docs as online collaboration tools for group project co-construction. In: Proceedings of the 2009 international conference on knowledge management, Hong Kong, 3–4 December 2009. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://hub.hku.hk/bitstream/10722/127073/1/Content.pdf
Cunningham C, O’Donoghue G, Jennings D (2016) Introduction of wikis to foster collaboration in health professional education. Focus Health Prof Educ 17(1):30. https://doi.org/10.11157/fohpe.v17i1.120. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/27466732_The_Use_of_Blogs_Wikis_and_RSS_in_Education_A_Conversation_of_Possibilities
Davey B, Bozan K, Houghton R, Parker KR (2016) Alternatives for pragmatic responses to group work problems. Inform Sci 19:89–102. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://www.inform.nu/Articles/Vol19/ISJv19p089-102Davey2563.pdf
Doyle B (2006) When to wiki, when to blog. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticlePrint.aspx?ArticleID=16900
Duffy P, Bruns A (2006) The use of blogs, wikis and RSS in education: a conversation of possibilities. In: Proceedings of the online learning and teaching conference 2006, Brisbane, September 26. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://eprints.qut.edu.au/5398/1/5398.pdf
Evans P (2006) The wiki factor. BizEd, January/February, 28–32. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://bized.aacsb.edu/articles/2006/january/the-wiki-factor
Evans P, Wolf B (2005) Collaboration rules. Harv Bus Rev 83(7):96–104. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://hbr.org/2005/07/collaboration-rules
Fountain R (2005) Wiki pedagogy. Dossiers technopédagogiques. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://web.archive.org/web/20121113192028/http://www.profetic.org:80/dossiers/article.php3?id_article=969
Fuchs-Kittowski F, Köhler A, Fuhr D (2004) Roughing up processes the wiki way – knowledge communities in the context of work and learning processes. In: Proceedings of the international conference on knowledge management (I-KNOW’04) Graz, pp 484–493, June 30–July 2. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228808531_Roughing_up_processes_the_wiki_way-knowledge_communities_in_the_context_of_work_and_learning_processes
Giles J (2005) Internet encyclopedias go head to head. Nature 438(7070):900–901. https://doi.org/10.1038/438900a. 15 Dec 2005. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://inspercom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/GILES_Internet-encyclopaedias-go-head-to-head2005Cit.496_Junho-de-2015.pdf
Gonzalez-Reinhart J (2005) Wiki and the wiki way: beyond a knowledge management solution. Information Systems Research Center, Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, pp 1–22. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://www.uch.edu.ar/Imagenes/contenidos/wiki_way_brief1-jennifer_05.pdf
Gruhn V, Hannebauer C (2012) Using wikis as software development environments. In: Fujita H, Revetria R (eds) New trends in software methodologies, tools and techniques. IOS Press, Amsterdam, pp 3–20. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://intranet.paluno.uni-due.de/bibliography/aigaion2/index.php/attachments/single/286
Guhlin M (2009) Blogs, wikis, docs: which is right for your lesson? A comparison table. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=ddnzwcn8_15g3jrbpdf
Houghton RF, Parker KR, Davey B, Bozan K (2017) Approaches for addressing student barriers to collaborative learning success. In: Keengwe JS (ed) Handbook of research on mobile technology, constructivism, and meaningful learning. IGI Global, Hershey, pp 23–43
Howley D (2007) What is a wiki? MindTouch white paper. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://web.archive.org/web/20070628233656/http://mindtouch.com/sites/mindtouch.com/themes/mt2/resources/Mindtouch%20What%20Is%20A%20Wiki.pdf
Jonassen DH, Peck KL, Wilson BG (1999) Learning with technology: a constructivist perspective. Prentice Hall, Columbus
Kirkpatrick M (2006) The flu wiki: a serious application of new web tools. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://marshallk.blogspot.com/2005/07/flu-wiki-serious-application-of-new.html
Korfiatis N, Naeve A (2005) Evaluating wiki contributions using social networks: a case study on Wikipedia. In: Proceedings of the first on-line conference on metadata and semantics research (MTSR’05). Rinton Press. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249643349_Evaluating_Wiki_Contributions_using_Social_Networks_A_Case_Study_on_Wikipedia
Lamb B (2004) Wide open spaces: wikis, ready or not. Educause Rev 39(5):36–48. September/October. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://er.educause.edu/articles/2004/1/wide-open-spaces-wikis-ready-or-not
Lawrie GA, Grøndahl L, Boman S, Andrews T (2016) Wiki laboratory notebooks: Supporting student learning in collaborative inquiry-based laboratory experiments. J Sci Educ Technol 25(3):394–409. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-016-9601-0
Leifer Z (2015) The use of virtual microscopy and a wiki in pathology education: tracking student use, involvement, and response. J Pathol Inform 6. https://doi.org/10.4103/2153-3539.158063. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287997903_The_Use_of_Virtual_Microscopy_and_a_Wiki_in_Pathology_Education_Tracking_Student_Use_Involvement_and_Response
Leuf B, Cunningham W (2001) The wiki way: quick collaboration on the Web. Addison Wesley, Boston
Lipponen L (2002) Exploring foundations for computer-supported collaborative learning. In: Proceedings of the computer-supported collaborative learning conference 2002, Boulder, pp 72–81, Jan 7–11. https://doi.org/10.3115/1658616.1658627. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.16.7488&rep=rep1&type=pdf
List of Wikipedias (2017) Retrieved 29 July 2017 from http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Wikipedias&oldid=517497
Mader SL (ed) (2006a) Using wiki in education, the book. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://wiki.umontreal.ca/download/attachments/3693/UsingWikiInEducation_StewartMader.pdf
Mader S (2006b) Ways to use wiki in education. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://web.archive.org/web/20080215235925/http://www.wikiineducation.com:80/display/ikiw/Ways+to+use+wiki+in+education
Mader S (2006c) Wiki vs. Blog. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://www.businessblogwire.com/2006/03/stewart_mader_wiki_vs_blog.html
Martinsen RA, Miller A (2016) Collaboration through wiki and paper compositions in foreign language classes. IALLT J Lang Learn Technol 42(1):72–95. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://ialltjournal.org/index.php/ialltjournal/article/download/108/99
Naish R (2006) Can wikis be useful for learning? e.learning Age. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://www.qiconcepts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/e-learning-2.0-using-new-internet-technogies-in-e-learning.pdf
Nature editors (2005) Wiki’s wild world. Nature 438:890–890. https://doi.org/10.1038/438890a. 15 Dec 2005. Retrieved 8 Oct 2017 from http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/pdf/438890a.pdf
Neff S (2013) Is it possible to use google docs as a wiki? Web Applications Stack Exchange. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://webapps.stackexchange.com/a/41908
Olson G (2006) New tools for learning. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://web.archive.org/web/20090610074052/http://faculty.eicc.edu/golson/tools.htm
Orehovački T, Babić S (2017) Exploring the determinants affecting the adoption of social web applications used in massive online open courses. In: Zaphiris P, Ioannou A (eds) Learning and collaboration technologies. Novel learning ecosystems. LCT 2017. Lecture notes in computer science, vol 10295. Springer, Cham, pp 237–248. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58509-3_19
Parker KR, Chao J (2007) Wiki as a teaching tool. Int J Knowl Learn Objects (3):57–72. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://ijklo.org/Volume3/IJKLOv3p057-072Parker284.pdf
Parker KR, Chao J (2008) Weaving a knowledge web with wikis. In: Lytras MD, Tennyson RD, Ordóñez de Pablos P (eds) Knowledge networks: the social software perspective. Information Science Reference, Hershey, pp 28–45. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-976-2.ch003. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://biblio.uabcs.mx/html/libros/pdf/18/3.pdf
Reinhold S (2006) WikiTrails: augmenting wiki structure for collaborative, interdisciplinary learning. In: Proceedings of the 2006 international symposium on wikis, Odense, pp 47–58, August 21–23. https://doi.org/10.1145/1149453.1149467. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.95.7856&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Schaffert S, Bischof D, Buerger T, Gruber A, Hilzensauer W, Schaffert S (2006a) Learning with semantic wikis. Proceedings of the first workshop on semantic wikis – from wiki to semantics (SemWiki2006), Budva, pp 109–123, June 11–14. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-206/paper9.pdf
Schaffert S, Gruber A, Westenthaler R (2006b) A semantic wiki for collaborative knowledge formation. In: Reich S, Güntner G, Pellegrini T, Wahler A (eds) Semantic content engineering. Trauner Verlag. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.94.6443&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Schelly C, Anzalone G, Wijnen B, Pearce JM (2015) Open-source 3-D printing technologies for education: bringing additive manufacturing to the classroom. J Visual Lang Comput 28:226–237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvlc.2015.01.004
Schwartz L, Clark S, Cossarin M, Rudolph J (2004) Educational wikis: features and selection criteria. Int Rev Res Open Dist Learn 5(1). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v5i1.163. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/download/163/692
Tonkin E (2005) Making the case for a wiki. Ariadne, Issue 42, January. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue42/tonkin/
West JA, West ML (2009) Using wikis for online collaboration: the power of the read-write web. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
“wiki, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017. www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/267577. Accessed 8 Oct 2017
Woolf B (2006) Wiki vs. Blog. IBM developerWorks. Retrieved 10 Oct 2017 from https://web.archive.org/web/20070819051631/http://www-03.ibm.com:80/developerworks/wikis/display/woolf/Wiki+vs.+Blog
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this entry
Cite this entry
Parker, K.R., Chao, J., Houghton, R.F. (2019). Wikis as a Collaboration Tool. In: Tatnall, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60013-0_48-1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60013-0_48-1
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-60013-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-60013-0
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Computer SciencesReference Module Computer Science and Engineering