Wiki’s : part of the Web 2.0Revolution

N J SparlingEduc 8841

Story Board Slide 1Why do we want this?

Students need tools relevant to their time to be productive in society.

Story Board Slide 2So, who thought of this?

The ‘duh’ moment, Ward Cunningham creates the wiki (and names it) beginning in about 1995. He wanted to find it faster and easier, ‘help me and make corrections as needed!’ That’s the wiki!Click the picture to see an interview

with Ward Cunningham (almost 2 hours long…)

Story Board Slide 3So who is this really for?

What was the development process, why was it designed?

Ward Cunningham wanted to connect writers within a community. Something that

would help them collaborate.

He had used Apple’s software with hyper links and wanted to create access to things

like that, but which may not yet exist. Something quick and easy like those wiki wiki

busses he saw in Honolulu.

The open format allowed additions and corrections to be made by anyone who was

so inclined. It became self policing.

Story Board Slide 4How was it made and put out there?

DATA ConnectionThe short version, Ward

connected data within a data

base format and used links

that could connect pieces

together. The concept gained

popularity and was open

format, anybody could edit,

add correct, delete, etc. It

became a source of community

with its own monitors

connected with the site.

He thought about copyright but

decided against it. Commercial sites use this as marketing, with

free pages supplied if you endure the

advertising or you can pay to make it

a closed wiki within a limited scope of users.

2001: Wikipedia.com

launched1995: First wiki goes online at

Portland Pattern Repository

1987: Apple releases

HyperCard which helped inspire

wiki

Story Board Slide 5Timeline for Wiki

1994: Ward Cunnigham gets connected to the internet, almost

forced?

2001: Publication of The Wiki Way:

Quick Collaboration on

the Web by Cunningham and

Leuf

2009: Cunningham at

AboutUs celebrating wiki's

14th birthday.

1990 2000 2010

Innovation and diffusion of this technology did not necessarily follow traditional flow patterns.

Click on balloons for links.

1. Recognizing a need

2. Basic and

applied research

3. Developm

ent

5. Diffusion

and adoption

4. Commercializa

tion

6. Consequen

ces

Story Board Slide 6Extent of Usage

Internet use overall is approaching 80% in the US (World Internet Project, 2010).

Wiki use in corporate Europe is approaching

50% (Dreiser,2009)

Internet usage is in a mature phase for the US.

Growth potential remains for Web 2.0 (and beyond) in Europe

and the global community in which our students will compete.