Collaboration and Learning in a Virtual Environment

So I am in week two of my course at Ashford and we had to create a blog and post a summary of what we learn each week. This week I learned that the term Wiki is a shortened form of WikiWikiWeb. A wiki is a collaborative website whose content can be edited by anyone who has access to it. Although wikis can be edited by anyone who has an account and is signed in you can always see the history. I also learned that you can create wikis for a classroom. I always thought that they were only online but I was wrong. With careful planning by the teacher the wiki can be one of the best tools used in the course. As long as the teacher ensures that communication with the students is effective and consistent the tool will be a great addition to the course.