Wiki Philosophy: The Commitment to Solutions

Authors

  • Elena Barberá Gregori

Keywords:

Wiki, university education, collaborative learning approaches

Abstract

A wiki represents the kind of tool many of us have been waiting for. After a few years of a surprisingly individualistic approach in the development and use of virtual environments, it so seems we have made up our mind to collaborate. This introductory article to the special issue devoted to faculty wikis at university brings some reasons to consider them as one of the most “academic” tools in the 2.0 environment on a basis on the decisions taken by the most innovative educational communities to back into teaching approaches that are favoured by collaborative work. However, it is concluded that in spite of the positive case for the wikis much more multi-disciplinary research is still needed. Sound experiences are encouraged – those that initially value the potentialities of the wikis but that also explore its limitations as regards use and sustainability.