What is a wiki?

A wiki is a website consisting of separate pages, which can be linked to each other as desired. The distinguishing feature of wikis is that they can easily be opened up to editing by a number of people, so paving the way for collaborative authoring. As with blogs, many wiki hosting sites now offer an easy-to-use editing interface, with basic word-processing tools.

As with blogs, wikis can be as open or as restricted as you wish.

This little site is a wiki, hosted at pbworks. So far we're just building it as a web-site, with the opportunity for SMiLE team members to contribute (see their individual pages).

Wiki features

• collaborative texts

• editable

• permissions

• include any media

open or restricted environment

dynamic

informal

asynchronous