Advantages of using Wiki as educational tool:

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There
has been a history of use of Wikis within educational bodies as more of a
management Web 2.0 tool rather than an educational tool .  Within tertiary education wikis have been
used for international collaboration on research, a tool for grant development
and for the sharing of information across regional boundaries.  However, the use of the wiki as a classroom
tool is a lot more recent.

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While
the use of Wikis has proven to be an asset in the business sphere, as it allows for
universal access to materials not bound by geography and allows for a knowledge
bank to be built, especially in IT.

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The
implementation of the Wiki as a classroom tool is still in early days but there
are a number of advantages and strengths that are offered.

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For
schools that have multiple campuses that are geographically isolated, it allows
for increased collaboration between the different cohorts of students.

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It
allows for community building within a large student cohort, as well as encouraging
student discourse and material development that results in the production of
student generated digital artefacts.

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Use
of wikis allows for the development of **digital literacy** in students.  In the modern day computer and device centric
world, it is likely that students will be required to use a similar piece of
technology in their working lives or may simply find that their knowledge of
how to use a wiki will be a valuable tool in their further studies or whatever
line of work they chose to proceed in.

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The
nature of the wiki makes it ideal as a tool for student group projects.  It does not require students to meet face to
face and provides them with a completely malleable digital workspace that they
can modify to suit their needs.  The inherent
change tracking of the wiki also allows for the teacher to directly observe
which students have had input to which sections of the project and the fact
that it is basically just a website allows for ease of submission as, rather
than have to go through a submission process, the URL is all that the teacher
or group members need to be able to access the project.

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Also
because Wikis are, at their core, editable web pages, they are easily able to be
integrated with other online resources.
It allows for a merging of online media materials, social networking and
also allows for sorting and curation of resources on an individual or group
level.

There are myriad uses for a Wiki in an educational context.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Karasavvidis, I.
(2010). Wiki uses in higher education: exploring barriers to successful
implementation. *Interactive Learning Environments*, 18:3, 219-231.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notari, M. (2006).
How to Use a Wiki in Education: ‘Wiki based Effective Constructive Learning’ . *WikiSym’06*
(pp. 131-132). Odense, Denmark: ACM.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Parker, K. R.,
& Chao, J. T. (2007). Wiki as a Teaching Tool. *Interdisciplinary Journal*
of Knowledge and Learning Objects*, 3: 57-73.*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jaksch, B., Kepp,
J. S., & Womser-Hacker, C. (2008). Integration of a Wiki for Collaborative
Knowledge Development in an E-Learning Context for University Teaching . *USAB*,
77–96.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Alexander, B.
(2006). Web 2.0 A New Wave of Inovation for Teachign and Learning? *EDUCAUSE*
Review*, 33-44.*
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Moskaliuk, J.,
Kimmerle, J., & Cress, U. (2008). Learning and Knowledge Building with
Wikis: The Impact of Incongruity between People’s Knowledge and a Wiki’s
Information. *Proceedings of the 8th international conference on*
International conference for the learning sciences-Volume 2 *(pp. 99-106).*
International Society of the Learning Sciences.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Duffy, P., &
Bruns, A. (2006). The Use of Blogs, Wikis and RSS in Education: A Conversation
of Possibilities. *Proceedings Online Learning and Teaching Conference* ,
(pp. 31-38). Brisbane.

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