To start off, I found this excellent video on youtube that talks about what a wiki is!
Like the video says, collaboration is the key! I think when most people hear the word wiki, they simply think of the website Wikipedia. Wikipedia is the largest encyclopedia in the world. It has been created by countless users and it is a great example of a what a wiki can accomplish. Like described in the video, wikis can have very practical applications in personal and business use. Wikis are great for planning things like vacations, reunions, and events.
Wikis also have a very important place in business. An example would be the wiki that I use everyday as an employee in a large retail corporation. The wiki that is located on my company's intranet is very large and diverse. The main reason I use it is to print off weekly promotion signs and also custom signs are posted by employees like myself from stores across the country. The wiki is also a great place to find training material to share with employees. For instance, I attended a training in Phoenix a few months back. When I returned from the trip, all of the training material was posted on the wiki so that all employees could access it and the learning was not limited to the one thousand people who attended.
I hope everyone has a better understanding of the practicality of using a wiki!
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Great post Luke, I like the video you provided it was very helpful in understanding what a wiki is. You can maybe break up the middle paragraph so it does not look all crowded, but other than that, this was great and very interesting to know.
ReplyDeleteGood post. I agree with your comment about the video wiki are created by so many different people sometimes it is not always reliable source. But like you said you can find trips information and easy information.
ReplyDeleteNice Post! I really liked the YouTube video. It makes it easy to understand what a wiki is and how to use them. I had no idea that you could do that with wikis. Great Blog!
ReplyDeletei like your wiki video. i dont like wikis they seem to be on the false side. i never use wiki stuff ever since i got a bad grade on a paper
ReplyDeleteThe validity of the information is a wiki rests solely with the people who are posting. That is why most professors shun Wikipedia as a source. It is great for looking up information on basic things you are interested in however it is best to stick with primary and peer reviewed secondary sources for research papers.
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