A wiki is a Web page that can be viewed and modified by anybody with a Web browser and access to the Internet. This means that any visitor to the wiki can change its content if they desire. While the potential for mischief exists, wikis can be surprisingly robust, open-ended, collaborative group sites.
Wikis permit asynchronous communication and group collaboration across the Internet. Variously described as a composition system, a discussion medium, a repository, a mail system, and a tool for collaboration, wikis provide users with both author and editor privileges; the overall organization of contributions can be edited as well as the content itself. Wikis are able to incorporate sounds, movies, and pictures; they may prove to be a simple tool to create multimedia presentations and simple digital stories.
The information about the wikis can be found in http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7004.pdf
According to these data wikis can provide students with useful information about a research topic, but on the same time the reliability of the sources are under consideration.
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Hey Giota I just surfed into the net about Wikis and i realized that there are so many Wiki engines that you can totally be lost!!
Here are the top 10 Wiki engines according to: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TopTenWikiEngines.
Top Ten Wiki Engines
MoinMoin
MediaWiki
PhpWiki
OddMuseWiki
UseModWiki
TWiki (TwikiClone)
TikiWiki
PmWiki
WakkaWiki fork
The criteria for this list were :
Best of Class (best for a particular purpose, such as a large public wiki, small personal wiki, etc)
Outstanding Features (based on your personal subjective preferences and informed opinion)
General Popularity (number of sites using it, number of downloads)
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