Introduction to Wikis
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The document explains what a wiki is, highlighting its collaborative, open, and democratic nature as a platform where anyone can edit content. It discusses the potential advantages of using wikis for extension agents, such as event planning and collaborative writing, along with challenges like organizational culture and mindset issues. It emphasizes the importance of openness and community in making wikis effective tools for knowledge sharing.
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Introduction to Wikis
- 1. What is a Wiki? (and why would extension agents want to use one?) John Dorner [email_address]
- 2. What is a wiki? A website that allows anyone* to add, remove or edit content A community on a shoestring A collaborative tool Totally open Flexible.
- 3. What is a wiki? Simple Quick Document based Not message based The sum of its contributors. Democratic
- 4. Popular Wikis Wikipedia "Imagine a world in which every single person is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing.” WikiHow “ The How-to Manual That Anyone Can Write or Edit”
- 5. Why do wikis work? Fast and easy to use Open and Transparent Scales (2 to millions) Compromise and Consensus Collaborative Community Jon Udell – Heavy Metal Umlaut - ö
- 6. What makes a crowd smart? Diversity Decentralized Independent Develop a collective verdict.
- 7. Why don’t wikis work? Organizational Culture Lack of ‘control’ “ We are the experts” mindset Openness New technology Small community
- 8. The “Wiki Way” If it “ain’t right” fix it! There is no ultimate authority Work to develop consensus Think before you write Respect diversity of ideas.
- 9. Why Wiki? E-mail for groups Great for Collaborating Nothing is ever lost! Being open.
- 10. Potential uses - internally Event planning Collaborative writing Develop a class or presentation Documentation Agent training eXtension
- 11. Leader Training Wikipedia.org WikiHow.com Potential uses - externally
- 13. Editing content Different wikis use different tags Look at content in other pages Use the online ‘Help’!
- 14. Starting a new page Create a link - then click on it Edit an existing page’s URL go to a page that doesn’t exist.
- 22. Questions? John Dorner [email_address]
Editor's Notes
- #2: Wikis have the potential to change the way extension does business on many fronts. But first, extension agents and specialists need to understand the power, potential and limitations of wikis and how to use them. e-Xtension is betting on it. They’re building wiki like functionality into every application under development. This session will show how to contribute to a wiki by creating and editing pages. We'll also discuss how (and why) extension can use wikis, both our own and others like wikipedia, to pursue the mission of extension.