Wiki / Wikipedia
WIKI
Introduction:-
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wiki is a website on which users collaboratively modify content and structure
directly from the web browser. Wikis were increasingly adopted in enterprise as
collaborative software. Common uses included project communication, intranets,
and documentations, initially for technical users. Some companies use wikis has
their only collaborative software and has a replacement for static intranets,
and some schools and universities use wikis to enhance group learning. There
may be greater use of wikis behind firewalls than on the public internet. On
march 15, 2007 the word wiki was listed in the online oxford English dictionary.
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The inventor first developer of wiki
software is ‘Ward Cuningham’ in 1994
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In this users allows to add and update
content on the site using their own web browser.
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Wiki runs using a wiki software.
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The greater example of a wiki based
website is Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia is the online encyclopedia
project and it is the one of the most widely visited site in the world, having
been ranked in the top ten since 2007.
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Wiki is a Hawaiian word which means ‘
quick or super fast’
Nature
of wiki:-
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Wiki is a collaborative work space in
which information can be gathered, shared, organized or used to produce something new.
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Wikipedia is a collection of hundreds of
wikis with each one pertaining to a specific language.
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It is available in many language.
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Wikis functions as a knowledge
management resource, note taking tools, community and intranets.
Wiki
in education:-
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like other tools (content management
systems, weblogs) are being used by educators as effective teaching and
learning tools.
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It is a open educational resources.
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Growing collective notes like seminars
and leatures.
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It is the sum of all human knowledge.
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It is available in many language.
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It is bigger than the collections of all
liabraries.
Characteristics
of wiki:-
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A wiki invites all users to edit any
page or to create new pages within the wiki website.
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Wiki promotes meaningful topic
associations between different pages by making page link.
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Wiki involves editing, navigation,
linking and creating pages.
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Wiki is a great collaborative platform
for many of the students and educators involved in a learning process.
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It turns students into experts.
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Students and educators can share their
presentations using wikis.
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It provides instantaneous information to
students.
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Wiki enables communities of
editors and contributors to write documents collaboratively. All that people
required to contribute is a computer, internet access, a web browser, a basic
understanding of simple markup language ( eg: HTML).
Advantages
of wiki:-
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Anyone can edit.
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Easy to use and learn.
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Wikis are instantaneous there is no need
to wait for a publisher to create a new edition update information.
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A
wiki can be thought of as a combination of a website and a word document.
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Widens access to the power of web
publishing to non technical users.
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The important element of a wiki is its
ability to keep track of the history of a document as it is revised.
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Most of the wiki hosting platforms are
free, so one can use needful wiki without pay.
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It is available in many language.
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We get some simplified definations to
complex terms.
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To create or to edit wikis there is no
need to learn coding languages.
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We can access the wikis from anywhere
with an internet collection.
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It connects multiple resources.
Disadvantages
of wiki:-
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Wikis are not secure.
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Requires internet facility.
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Anyone can edit it is so that data
cannot be verified.
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Information presented not thoroughly
precise or valued.
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If it is not managed correctly, we can
spam it easily.
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It can be easily hacked.
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Disorganized information.
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It is not the direct outcome of research
and usually not based on publications of those either.
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Wikipedia articles cannot be considered
scholarly, because we know nothing about the contributors.
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some articles are written from the
insiders view, with highly technical language, while some are written for a
more general audience.
Conclusion:-
As this seminar
demonstrates, more research should be done to help to learn effectively treat
the negative side effect of obesity. And make use of it in good way.
References:-
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Author
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Book
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Publisher
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B.R. Ramachandraiah
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Educational
technology
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Vismaya prakashana
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