Wikis – Advantages

References provided in Literature Section

• Improves knowledge sharing among students as well as knowledge construction within an academic environment (Elgort, Smith, & Toland, 2008; Raman, Ryan, & Olfman, 2005)
• Encourages learners to develop more critical thinking skills (Wheeler, Yeomans, & Wheeler, 2008)
• Promotes collaboration (Elgort et al., 2008)
• More than one person can edit the wiki (collective authority) (Prasarnphanich & Wagner, 2009)
• An excellent technology for communities (Prasarnphanich & Wagner, 2009)
• Provides instant publication of any content modification (Prasarnphanich & Wagner, 2009)
• Supports versioning or roll-back of older versions (Augar et al., 2004; Wheeler et al., 2008)
• Offers simplicity of authorship, low cost and low bandwidth (EDUCAUSE, 2005; Elgort et al., 2008; Prasarnphanich & Wagner, 2009; Raitman, Augar, & Zhou, 2005).
• Increases students’ motivation (Neumann & Hood, 2009)