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The term '''wiki book''' is ambiguous and means several things: | |||
* A collection of wiki pages about a topic. The best example are the [http://en.wikibooks.org/ Wikibooks] from Wikipedia. Sometimes PDF versions are made available too. | |||
* A print book authored on the wiki and then post-processed for typesetting and minor adjustments | |||
* A real print book prepared on the wiki, but heavly edited once imported to a word processor. | |||
* A collection of wiki articles assembled on the fly by a user into a PDF document. | |||
See also [[open content]] and [[open educational resources]] (OER). Wiki books are a favorite tool for open content authors. | |||
== Why wiki books == | |||
There are several arguments: | |||
* Wikis are good tools for mass collaboration ([[social computing]]) as well as for fairly large groups work. This idea seems to work in some [http://en.wikibooks.org/ Wikibooks] projects. | |||
* Some people create wiki pages about isolated subjects and that could grow into a collection of related subjects. | |||
* With a wiki one can test (and change in real time) tutorials. These could then be assembled into a printable textbook. E.g. with (lots) of extra work I could do this for my [[Flash tutorials]]. What I do now is to generate PDFs for handouts. | |||
== Software links == | |||
== Links to wikibooks and organisations that publish them == | |||
=== Wikipedia books === | |||
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/ Wikibooks] {{quotation|Wikibooks is a Wikimedia community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit. Wikibooks began on July 10, 2003; since then Wikibooks has grown to include over 35,021 pages in a multitude of textbooks created by volunteers like you!}}, retrieved 11:43, 20 March 2009 (UTC). | |||
* [http://www.wikibooks.org/ Wikibooks.org] (List of international Wikibook wikis). | |||
=== Other organizations === | |||
There are lots of educational organizations that use wikis or similar CMS technology, e.g. | |||
* [http://www.wikieducator.org/Main_Page WikiEducator]. Some of its contents can be considered virtual books, but you'll have to dig a bit - [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] 11:43, 20 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
* [http://cnx.org/ Connexions] | |||
* [http://www.scholarpedia.org/ Scholarpedia] (not a collection of books actually, but it does include "encyclopedias about subjects") | |||
See also [[open contents]] and [[open educational resources]] | |||
=== Publishing companies === | |||
* [http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/02/ck12_remix_and.html Flexbooks] | |||
* http://www.webook.com/ weBook], online writing and reading in several areas | |||
=== Wikibooks in educational technology === | |||
Orey, M.(Ed.). (2001). Emerging perspectives on learning, teaching, and technology. Retrieved <insert date>, from http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/ | |||
== Various links == | |||
* [http://www.wikinomics.com/ Wikinomics] has some propaganda for the "collective intelligence" argument. | |||
== Bibliography == | |||
* Barton, Matthew D. et al (n.d.), Rhetoric and Composition, Wikibook, http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Rhetoric_and_Composition. (Good example of a wikibook, but also includes good information on composition and collaborative writing). | |||
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Revision as of 12:43, 20 March 2009
The term wiki book is ambiguous and means several things:
- A collection of wiki pages about a topic. The best example are the Wikibooks from Wikipedia. Sometimes PDF versions are made available too.
- A print book authored on the wiki and then post-processed for typesetting and minor adjustments
- A real print book prepared on the wiki, but heavly edited once imported to a word processor.
- A collection of wiki articles assembled on the fly by a user into a PDF document.
See also open content and open educational resources (OER). Wiki books are a favorite tool for open content authors.
Why wiki books
There are several arguments:
- Wikis are good tools for mass collaboration (social computing) as well as for fairly large groups work. This idea seems to work in some Wikibooks projects.
- Some people create wiki pages about isolated subjects and that could grow into a collection of related subjects.
- With a wiki one can test (and change in real time) tutorials. These could then be assembled into a printable textbook. E.g. with (lots) of extra work I could do this for my Flash tutorials. What I do now is to generate PDFs for handouts.
Software links
Links to wikibooks and organisations that publish them
Wikipedia books
- Wikibooks “Wikibooks is a Wikimedia community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit. Wikibooks began on July 10, 2003; since then Wikibooks has grown to include over 35,021 pages in a multitude of textbooks created by volunteers like you!”, retrieved 11:43, 20 March 2009 (UTC).
- Wikibooks.org (List of international Wikibook wikis).
Other organizations
There are lots of educational organizations that use wikis or similar CMS technology, e.g.
- WikiEducator. Some of its contents can be considered virtual books, but you'll have to dig a bit - Daniel K. Schneider 11:43, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
- Connexions
- Scholarpedia (not a collection of books actually, but it does include "encyclopedias about subjects")
See also open contents and open educational resources
Publishing companies
- Flexbooks
- http://www.webook.com/ weBook], online writing and reading in several areas
Wikibooks in educational technology
Orey, M.(Ed.). (2001). Emerging perspectives on learning, teaching, and technology. Retrieved <insert date>, from http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/
Various links
- Wikinomics has some propaganda for the "collective intelligence" argument.
Bibliography
- Barton, Matthew D. et al (n.d.), Rhetoric and Composition, Wikibook, http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Rhetoric_and_Composition. (Good example of a wikibook, but also includes good information on composition and collaborative writing).