I've used both www.socialtext.com and Confluence (http://www.atlassian.com). The former offers a free hosted service and is very easy to use. I particularly like the big "edit" button at the top of each page - you can't make it much easier than that. Confluence is a little different from the more typical, open-ended wiki structure. New pages are organised hierarchically, with breadcrumbs assigned automatically. I think this gives users more of a feel for where they are in the wiki, which can be confusing if you are used to more traditional navigation structures. Hope that's useful. Rob -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Emma Duke-Williams Sent: 07 September 2007 14:12 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] wiki tool suggestions? I personally like Wikispaces, which, by default, has a discussion board attached to each page. That could be good to ensuring that discussions between students about changes, are tied to a particular page, rather than getting lost in other discussions/ emails that they're having. I've recently been to ALT-C - a conference in the UK for Learning Technologists. One of the papers ( http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/timetable/abstract.php?abstract_id=1220 ) looked at how students were using wikis etc. They found that students found the group work aspects very difficult, and the most common way of creating a wiki was for them to divide up the content and create a "page" each. Reference was made in the presentation to a different session, when "Wiki etiquette" was discussed (not sure which session, as i didn't go to it). They made the point, however, that they'd spend a lot more time discussing how much work most students need to help them effectively use a wiki. (The presentation doesn't seem to be linked to from the page. Others that I went to were, so hopefully this one will appear at some point) I know that when I had students creating wikis, they were definitely of the "I'll do that page & you do that page" variety. So, getting them to understand what a wiki really involves is, I think, going to take quite a bit of work. -- New URL: Blog: http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~duke-wie/blog/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ DFID, the Department for International Development: leading the British government's fight against world poverty. For more information subscribe to our e-bulletin at http://www.dfid.gov.uk/feedback/ ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Peapod. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.peapod.co.uk/cleanmail