WIKI & LANGUAGE LEARNING
Wiki - is a website where users can edit or add content onto a web page. Wikis fall under the group of Web 2.0 technologies which are thought to contribute to collaboration by promoting interaction with online content. Many publicly available wikis, such as Wikiversity , allow for self-education . Wikis are sometimes used in classrooms for collaborative projects. Some teachers have found, that learners prefer to add their own content rather than rewrite others' work. Because a wiki functions in many ways like a web site, it can be used as a class home page or a space to organize information and links. In this case, the advantage of a wiki over a traditional web site is its ease of use and the fact that it can be edited quickly, with no need to upload files. The only disadvantage to using a wiki as a replacement for a traditional web site is that the formatting options are more limited. STUDENT'S PROFILES In a wiki site, students are free to create pages a...