The Wonderful World The Wonderful World of Wikisof Wikis

Creator: Tabitha EdenfieldCreator: Tabitha Edenfield

Diffusion and Integration of Diffusion and Integration of Technology in EducationTechnology in Education

Welcome Effingham Board of Welcome Effingham Board of EducationEducation

Tabitha Edenfield

Is there a need for new Is there a need for new innovation in our county?innovation in our county?

Is there a need for new Is there a need for new innovation in our county?innovation in our county?

Is there a need for new Is there a need for new innovation in our county?innovation in our county?

Is there a need for new Is there a need for new innovation in our county?innovation in our county?

Yes!!!

Where did the wiki originate?Where did the wiki originate?

DevelopmentDevelopment

Research from lead thinkersResearch from lead thinkers

Jimmy Wells and Larry Sanger creators of Wikipedia

Binbin Zheng and Xiuli Zhuang studied the effects of wikis in collaboration. They found that wiki technology is a form of a new learning style that is causing problems for traditional learners.

DevelopmentDevelopment

Some problems that were experienced during development were overcome by Providing managers of wikis to regulate user

access Technologies for a print version of wikis is

improving SPAM and vandalism can be avoided by

requiring a login to access the wiki, this allows for the use of automated spam bots

DevelopmentDevelopment

CommercializationCommercialization

CommercializationCommercialization

Evan Prodromou -Wikitravel

CommercializationCommercialization

Evan Prodromou’s Rules for Commercial Wikis Have a notable purpose Demonstrate value Be transparent Extract value where you provide value Set boundaries Be personally involved Run with the right crowd

Innovation- DecisionProcess

Knowledge- 1995Knowledge- 1995

InvitationToThePatternsList

Persuasion-Persuasion-

With the Invitation To The Pattern List being published, Portland Pattern Repository heard of wiki and saw it as a way to collaborate.

DecisionDecision

Implementation-Implementation-

Portland Pattern Repository in May 1995 was the first to make the decision to utilize a wiki. Immediately popular due to the increased

accessibility of the Internet and a group that were knowledgeable in the web and interested in pattern language.

This wiki is still in use today.

ConfirmationConfirmation

S-Curve on the Diffusion of S-Curve on the Diffusion of Wiki TechnologyWiki Technology

1995- Creation of Wiki by Ward Cunningham for Portland Pattern Repository.

2001- Wikipedia created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger.

2010- Wikis are being created and used by businesses, government, educational institutions, and individuals. To date (2010) Wikipedia has over 2,500,000 pages.

Rate of Adoption of WikiRate of Adoption of Wiki

Innovators and Early Adopters

Rate of Adoption Rate of Adoption

Laggards

Attributes to Reach Critical Attributes to Reach Critical Mass of Wikis in Education Mass of Wikis in Education Relative Advantage

Attributes to Reach Critical Attributes to Reach Critical Mass of Wikis in Education Mass of Wikis in Education Complexity

Easy to create and navigate Early adopters can be “vicarious trials” for later

adopters Early adopters can provide support to guide

later adopters

Attributes to Reach Critical Attributes to Reach Critical Mass of Wikis in Education Mass of Wikis in Education Observability

Decentralized Diffusion SystemDecentralized Diffusion System

Decentralized Diffusion SystemDecentralized Diffusion System

Critical Mass of WikisCritical Mass of Wikis

How can critical mass be reached? In education I have found that to have universal

adoption of a new technology it is best to get leaders in the schools on board that will use their influence to persuade others to adopt new ways of doing tasks.

Implying that wikis will eventually be required would persuade some to adopt faster so that they will be ready and knowledgeable when wide spread adoption is not an option.

Here is what Ward Cunningham has to Here is what Ward Cunningham has to say about the benefits of wikis.say about the benefits of wikis.

Most importantly this is what a Most importantly this is what a teacher has to say about wikis.teacher has to say about wikis.

Here is a clip that shows teachers Here is a clip that shows teachers and students using a wikiand students using a wiki

Note: There is a Google ad before the clip.

Wikis are theWikis are the

“simplest database that could possibly work.”

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