We've barely scratched the thinnest surface of blogs and wikis as educational tools. Blogs and wikis have some things in common. But they are also different in several ways. Both can be used to capture thoughts and ideas. Blogs look just like a personal bulletine board that allows visitors to leave comments. Time is one of the most basic dimension in our experience. Content organization based on date and time, in and of itself, is a facinating feature. The core spirit of wikis is collaboration. Both blogs and wikis invite user participation in content creation. Wikis seem to be more open in terms of content contribution, while blogs give bloggers more control. Wikis give more room for participants to make their contribution. That is, more space is furnished by wikis. Just like time and space are both distinctive and related in some way, so are blogs and wikis.
I know I'm ready to use both blogs and wikis more for future teaching and research. Both are great tools for creation, organization, and distribution of both personal and enterprise knowledge. Increasing return is not just a good idea in knowledge economy. It's also a great driver in the enterprise of meaningful living.
Here's a great website on blogs and wikis for education. Now that I have put it down in my blog, I won't forget it when I need it. Ha! Ha!
http://opencontent.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
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