So imagine I'm an educator who wants a list of wikis and their pros and cons. I'm thinking from a teaching and learning perspective here, so I'm wanting to know what type of wiki would be good to get students working on a collaborative textbooks, to create their own wiki on a text or perhaps even for staff to collaborate on something. Google isn't my friend here though because any search for "Educational wiki" or "list of teaching and learning wikis," or even, "wiki engines and types for teaching and learning," tends to give mostly links that only list wikis already created by other people that could be used as a resource rather than resources which could be created and used by learners. I suspect this is something to do with the fact that search engine results largely cater for consumerist behaviour, rather than a comparison of the teaching and learning merits of various tools. It's all a bit too meta for google search I guess.
This wiki entry from EdutechWiki, in the section on "Wikis in education" has the comment: "this needs more work ! - DSchneider 22:07, 12 June 2006 (MEST)" Well, I for one definitely agree with DSchneider but also noted that he made his comment back in June 06. Hmmmm. Perhaps I need to delve more deeply than just two pages into a few different google searches. Unfortunately I need to get onto the next job on my list...
This wiki entry from EdutechWiki, in the section on "Wikis in education" has the comment: "this needs more work ! - DSchneider 22:07, 12 June 2006 (MEST)" Well, I for one definitely agree with DSchneider but also noted that he made his comment back in June 06. Hmmmm. Perhaps I need to delve more deeply than just two pages into a few different google searches. Unfortunately I need to get onto the next job on my list...
