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| Wiki is a short form for WikiWikiWeb and is derived from the Hawaiian expression “wiki wiki” meaning “fast” or “quick” (Schaffert, 2008). Ward Cunningham used the word wiki to name the collaborative tool he developed for use on the Internet in 1994. Leuf and Cunningham (2001) defined wiki as a freely expandable collection of interlinked Web pages. Another definition from O’Neill (2005) consider wikis as a collaborative medium designed to promote content sharing. Wikis allow collaborative editing of their pages as well as a full content versioning history that allow someone to roll back and find a previous version of the editing page (Ruth & Houghton, 2009). This kind of software provides an easy-to-use collaborative environment with simple and uniform navigational conventions (Grace, 2009). The Web pages created using this kind of software provide bottom up editing . The fact that the user can edit this pages using just a browser make wiki-environments the perfect tool for online synchronous and asynchronous collaboration. Wikis can also implemented to facilitate computer supported collaboration learning (CSCL), which promotes peer interaction and facilitates the sharing and distribution of knowledge and expertise among a group of learners (Augar, et al., 2004). The expertise is not in the hands of a few, but rather emerges from the combined efforts of many. The following table includes the basic characteristics of the wikis. | Wiki is a short form for WikiWikiWeb and is derived from the Hawaiian expression “wiki wiki” meaning “fast” or “quick” (Schaffert, 2008). Ward Cunningham used the word wiki to name the collaborative tool he developed for use on the Internet in 1994. Leuf and Cunningham (2001) defined wiki as a freely expandable collection of interlinked Web pages. Another definition from O’Neill (2005) consider wikis as a collaborative medium designed to promote content sharing. Wikis allow collaborative editing of their pages as well as a full content versioning history that allow someone to roll back and find a previous version of the editing page (Ruth & Houghton, 2009). This kind of software provides an easy-to-use collaborative environment with simple and uniform navigational conventions (Grace, 2009). The Web pages created using this kind of software provide bottom up editing . The fact that the user can edit this pages using just a browser make wiki-environments the perfect tool for online synchronous and asynchronous collaboration. Wikis can also implemented to facilitate computer supported collaboration learning (CSCL), which promotes peer interaction and facilitates the sharing and distribution of knowledge and expertise among a group of learners (Augar, et al., 2004). The expertise is not in the hands of a few, but rather emerges from the combined efforts of many. The following table includes the basic characteristics of the wikis. | ||
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| |Easy Editing|Most wikis use a version of a wiki-syntax that helps users to format the wiki-content. Users are not required to know HTML or a scripting language. Instead, to change the wiki-content, users can use a set of basic mark up or syntax rules. In some cases, users are provided an editing| | |Easy Editing|Most wikis use a version of a wiki-syntax that helps users to format the wiki-content. Users are not required to know HTML or a scripting language. Instead, to change the wiki-content, users can use a set of basic mark up or syntax rules. In some cases, users are provided an editing| | ||
| =====3.Types of Wikis===== | =====3.Types of Wikis===== | ||
