Fast! Collaboration – Wikis Jerry Perry Interim Director Denison Memorial Library UCDHSC Friday, July 21, 2006 CNAHIS Meeting
Fast! Collaboration: Wikis2 Wiki Fast, in Hawaiian Taken from name of Honolulu Airport bus line First app by Ward Cunningham (1994/95)
Fast! Collaboration: Wikis3 Wikipedia Most famous/infamous wiki
Fast! Collaboration: Wikis4 Versions in English, Spanish, French, Chinese…
Fast! Collaboration: Wikis5 Wikipedia’s definition of wiki…
Fast! Collaboration: Wikis6 Wiki: A wiki… is a type of website that allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit and change most available content, sometimes without the need for registration.website –
Fast! Collaboration: Wikis7 Web 2.0 Refers to a second generation of services available on the World Wide Web that lets people collaborate and share information onlineWorld Wide Web –
Fast! Collaboration: Wikis8 Social Software Enables people to rendezvous, connect or collaborate through computer- mediated communication and to form online communitiescomputer- mediated communication online communities – twarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_sof tware
Fast! Collaboration: Wikis9 success.org/ind ex.php?title=M ain_Page
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Fast! Collaboration: Wikis12 OS and commercial platforms available…
Fast! Collaboration: Wikis13 An “in progress” example…
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Fast! Collaboration: Wikis15 Our Wiki Intention: Encourage dialog without bounds –informal; anyone; anywhere Thread conversation for sense and context Be creative Use to make informed strategic decisions
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