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Building and Sharing Knowledge Base with Wikis
November 23, 2007
Presenter: Newton Vivor
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Sharing Knowledge, Information and Resources
• Review of Sharing Methods
• Introduction to Wikis
• The WAHO Blindness Prevention Wiki
• Getting Started
• Training and Practice Session
• Next Steps
Wiki Development
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Sharing Knowledge, Information and Resources
• eMail– Very common, fast, cheap and easy to use
– Allows quick group or 1-to-1 communications
– Disadvantage:• Is not a sustainable method for sharing information
• Resources are on individual computers, neither organized nor accessible to others
Wiki Development
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Sharing Knowledge, Information and Resources
• Websites– A good means to store and access knowledge and
information resources
– Is semi-permanent
– Disadvantage:• Is difficult to use for those with low bandwidth
connections• It can be difficult to find what you need• It is structured and maintained by a single
person or organization
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Sharing Knowledge, Information and Resources
• Websites (continued)– Websites give those working in the development sector
access to large amounts of helpful resources
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Sharing Knowledge, Information and Resources
• An Important Trend– Web 2.0
• Giving more opportunities and control to users of the internet to publish their own content: documents, files, research, knowledge, etc.
– Examples
• Blogs
• Wikis
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What's a blog?
A blog is an easy-to-use web site, where individuals can quickly post thoughts, articles, pictures, interact with people, and more…
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Introduction to Wikis - Wikispaces
• Wikis
Content management system
Allows people to collaboratively develop a Web site without any prior training
Wikis do not have a single author or editor, but many – perhaps thousands
Wiki = quick (in Hawaiian)
Wiki Development
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Introduction to Wikis
• Wikis & Knowledge-Information Resources– Wikis are an ideal tool to organize and store a
permanent knowledge base – online – for others to use and contribute to
– Professionals can easily contribute their expertise to a shared knowledge base
Wiki Development
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Wiki Structure
• All wikis start off as a single blank page
• Pages are created and connected by hyperlinks
• No ownership of pages; anyone can change the work of others
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Wiki Components
• Pages community members can add to or edit • Discussion area for each page• List of all of the changes made to a particular page
(version control)• List of all changes made to all pages.
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Principles Advantages of Wikis
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• Easy to use• Web-based• Free • Anyone can make changes (edit other people’s work)• Flexible and extensible•No one owns content•Good for collaborative group work
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Introduction to Wikis
• Wikis in the International Development Sector– Ministries, NGOs and Funders are beginning to
understand the power of wikis, and pilot sites and experiments are beginning to appear
– Wikis can be a valuable tool to enhance our professional knowledge and effectiveness
– The technology is simple, but behavior change is often required
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Planning and Designing a Wiki Page
A wiki page must have:
- Good presentation
- Must be legible
- Multiple pages linked
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Guidelines
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Getting Started
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Practice Session
Setting up a Wikispace member account:
- Membership by invitation
- Activate the link in the email to access the account creation page
- Provide your username, password and email address to sign up
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Practice Session
Sign Up• Fill in all spaces and click Join to submit
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View your Page• Once you have created your account you need to sign in
• You will see this screen
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Opening Page
• Left side is your navigationNew pageRecent changesManage spaceSearch &Home
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Opening Page
• Top area are your page toolsEditPageHistoryNotify meDiscussion
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Opening Page
• The center area is where your message will go
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Editing your page
• Click on the word Edit
• You will see this toolbar:
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• It works just like a word processor
• You can add lines, links, pictures, media sources, tables and special characters
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Editing your page
• Type in some information
• Use the bold, underline, etc to see what happens
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To add a hyperlink
• Type in either a website name –
such as www.ooas.org or www.cnn.com• Highlight the text and click on the WORLD icon
(the first world on the toolbar)
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To add a hyperlink
• You will see this window
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If you wish to link within wiki, you would use the wiki link- that is how you can link from page to page within your wiki
Try using the external link you wish to go to once you click on the text
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Save Your Page
• Once you have added text to your page make
sure you SAV E your page
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Working with your Wiki
• The lift side tools allows you to work through your page
If you wish to create a New page just click on
New page. All editing, etc stays the same on each page
Recent changes is a great way to track what is added to your page
Manage your space gives you control over your page.
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Recent Changes - Great Tool• This tool allows you to track WHO has added data your
wiki
-Let’s pretend that your are using wiki within your class and you invite each student to join - with a nickname of course
- And you assign a question to be answered on the wiki for homework
- This tool allows you to see WHO has posted and when
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Embedding Slides, Video and Audio
• Embedding Photo Slides
Hands On:
Signup and upload pictures to flickr.com
Use http://slideflickr.com to get the embedded code for the wiki site by entering your flickr.com account name
Paste code into the wiki page
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Embedding Slides, video and audio
• Embedding PowerPoint Slides
Hands On:
Signup and upload slides to www.slideshare.net
Use www.slideshare.net to get the embedded code for the wiki site by entering your slideshare.net account name
Paste code into the wiki page
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To upload / insert pictures
• Type in word or sentence for identifying document or picture such as list of PRESENTATIONS
• Click on the PICTURE icon
• Upload the document or picture
• Position the cursor at the end of PRESENTATIONS and double click the uploaded document or picture
• The document or picture is then inserted into the wiki page
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Some Thoughts
• Wikispaces also has some Tour you might wish to take at https://www.wikispaces.com/ (it has audio)
• Don’t worry if you make mistakes on your WIKI – you can also Edit/Undo or just save
• Check out the help option if you get stuck or drop me an email
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Questions? Comments?
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Conclusion
• Wiki is an essential tool for information management and sharing among friends, families, colleagues and Institutions
• Wiki is highly useful for Best Practice dissemination
• Wikis are free to use• Wikis are easy to create and use - They do not
require special web development knowledge
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