WIKI - STUFFS

There are a lot of meanings o the "online collaboration" and there are a number of ways that people can “collaborate” to work and learn together. You could see here some example of collaboration.

I will pay attention on collaborative authoring . According them:

Collaborative authoring

Scenario: A number of individuals want to work on a common document and have an equal ability to add, edit, or delete items in it. They also want to be able to keep track of everyone’s individual contributions.

Tools: Collaborative authoring tools ensure there is only one version of the document rather than multiple copies showing different edits. Co-authoring might, however, take place in real-time (i.e. a number can work on the document simultaneously) or where contributors are “locked out” until a contributor has completed his input and the document has been updated. There are a couple of different types of tools that can be used for collaborative authoring. A good tools for this collaborative authoring are the "wiki" tools.





So, wiki tools are essentially editable web pages. The most well-known example of a wiki is of course, Wikipedia, the collaborative encyclopaedia, and wiki tools that support the creation of group wikisites are now becoming serious business and educational tools, and being employed for many different purposes. Although a wiki site can be public or private, editing a wiki generally requires a contributor to log in, so that all changes to the page are tracked. A log of activity is maintained, and contributors can be notified of changes via email or RSS.

Ok , I agree with. But, often I found strange information on wikipedia. This video will show you what's happen on wiki:

That's why collaborative authoring form off online collaboration technique must be completed by a collaborative reviewing (for correcte the mistakes), a collaborative reflection (to receive a feed-back).

(from: ht tp://www.c4 lpt.co.uk/handbook/collaboration.html)