Week 3-3: Blog and Wiki from my perspective
Both blog and wiki offers similar features. They provides simple content management and easy web publication. End user can utilize those systems for free by use open source software or make an account to a free blog or wiki provider (wordpress, wikispaces, etc). Nevertheless, both systems also have fundamental differences that need to be considered when try to choose which system is fit for our needs.
Blog is a system that allows a single author (or group of authors) to write and publish article in time / chronological ordered. Discussions may occur between the reader and the author by adding comments to the article.
1. For educational purposes, blog can be used for:
2. Teachers who want to give announcements, news, and feedback to students.
3. A group of students use their individual blog to build a corpus of interrelated via post and comments.
Wiki is a system contains a collection of web pages that enables the user to contribute by add, edit, or delete some information in the articles. Discussion may occur by adding or modifying the articles. Users can follow process of discussion using change log.
For educational purposes, wiki can be used for:
1. The creation of annotated reading list by one or more teachers
2. Students can make a group projects that are suited to the incremental accretion of knowledge by a group or production of collaboratively edited material.
To make it easy to understand, I provide a comparison table about wiki and blog taken from http://wiki.wetpaint.com/page/Wiki+vs+Blog
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WIKI |
BLOG |
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Definitions: |
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A collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it |
A personal or corporate website in the form of an online journal, with new entries appearing in sequence as they are written. |
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Writers: |
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Many authors, various personalities & experiences, opinions face scrutiny of community or are listed as such. |
Typically one author, one personality, one opinion. |
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Knowledge comes from community of dozens or even thousands of topic experts. |
Knowledge limited by single person. |
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Content: |
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Growsrapidly at all hours of the day. |
Grows slowly, one post at a time. |
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Articles constantly change and continuosly updated. |
Each post becomes stale over time. |
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Discussions can take place on pages or in the discussion forum (at least in Wetpaint wikis). |
Discussions take place in the comments of a post, typically approved by blogger. |
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Setup: |
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Ranges from easy to setup to very difficult, depending on chosen solution |
Ranges from easy to setup to very difficult, depending on chosen solution |
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Most solutions take care of themselves |
Many solutions require constant security updates |
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Spam policed by thecommunity |
Spam policed by the blogger |
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Publishing very easy, no html needed on some platforms (like Wetpaint) |
Publishing very easy, some html knowledge useful |
Blog and Wiki from my perspective
Both blog and wiki offers similar features. They provides simple content management and easy web publication. End user can utilize those systems for free by use open source software or make an account to a free blog or wiki provider (wordpress, wikispaces, etc). Nevertheless, both systems also have fundamental differences that need to be considered when try to choose which system is fit for our needs.
Blog is a system that allows a single author (or group of authors) to write and publish article in time / chronological ordered. Discussions may occur between the reader and the author by adding comments to the article.
For educational purposes, blog can be used for:
· Teachers who want to give announcements, news, and feedback to students.
· A group of students use their individual blog to build a corpus of interrelated via post and comments.
Wiki is a system contains a collection of web pages that enables the user to contribute by add, edit, or delete some information in the articles. Discussion may occur by adding or modifying the articles. Users can follow process of discussion using change log.
For educational purposes, wiki can be used for:
· The creation of annotated reading list by one or more teachers
· Students can make a group projects that are suited to the incremental accretion of knowledge by a group or production of collaboratively edited material.
To make it easy to understand, I provide a comparison table about wiki and blog taken from http://wiki.wetpaint.com/page/Wiki+vs+Blog
|
WIKI |
BLOG |
|
Definitions: |
|
|
A collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it |
A personal or corporate website in the form of an online journal, with new entries appearing in sequence as they are written. |
|
Writers: |
|
|
Many authors, various personalities & experiences, opinions face scrutiny of community or are listed as such. |
Typically one author, one personality, one opinion. |
|
Knowledge comes from community of dozens or even thousands of topic experts. |
Knowledge limited by single person. |
|
Content: |
|
|
Growsrapidly at all hours of the day. |
Grows slowly, one post at a time. |
|
Articles constantly change and continuosly updated. |
Each post becomes stale over time. |
|
Discussions can take place on pages or in the discussion forum (at least in Wetpaint wikis). |
Discussions take place in the comments of a post, typically approved by blogger. |
|
Setup: |
|
|
Ranges from easy to setup to very difficult, depending on chosen solution |
Ranges from easy to setup to very difficult, depending on chosen solution |
|
Most solutions take care of themselves |
Many solutions require constant security updates |
|
Spam policed by thecommunity |
Spam policed by the blogger |
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Publishing very easy, no html needed on some platforms (like Wetpaint) |
Publishing very easy, some html knowledge useful |
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