wikis -act education dept.

This is what the ACT department of Education and Training have to say about wikis.

Benefits and Educational uses

• dynamic and collaborative
• anyone can change a page on a wiki so it alters the teacher/student dynamic
• the system matches what the teacher might already do
• wikis retain edited versions and history can be reviewed
• they are largely free, open software

Issues

• never authoritative
• specialised tagging requires additional skill set
• concepts of ownership and authorship need to be rethought
• teacher needs to relinquish control to students as peers

http://www.det.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/74485/ACT_EmTech_Report_v1_2.pdf