“Wiki [Hawaiian, wikiwiki = fast], a website designed to permit the development of information resources by creating hyperlinked web pages using software that accessed through a web browser. First devised and named by Ward Cunningham in 1995 when he created the WikiWikiWeb to record and share programming techniques, wikis generally use relatively simply markup (encoding for formatting) to enable the easy creation of content, and as a result typically produce relatively straight forward webpage layouts. Wikis are usually collaborative, unlike most blogs, and may be found in a wide range of settings. They may, for example, be on the Internet and permit content creation and revision by any person, or may be on a company's internal network (intranet) and be accessible only to specific employees. The best known wiki is the online encyclopedia Wikipedia”. (www.answers.com/topic/wiki)
I believe that students can use wikis as a resource tool for fast results on the subject at hand. This allows the student to access information quickly to get them on track with their assignments. And in doing so, they will find legitimate references to their subject matter at a wiki website and use these references to cite in their assignments.
When students do site the wiki website, they should make sure the information they site is true and investigate it with other sources to be safe from siting erroneous information. The best thing for students to do when using wikis is to find better resources available to them through Wikis. Wikis information can be edited by anyone that visits their website which makes it hard to be a good source to site in a paper. However, they can edit the wiki by using other references to make the wiki a sound true source to site in their assignments.
So yes, I believe that students can use wikis to site in their assignments as long as they verify that the information they site is correct or make it correct by editting the information they get from a wiki website.
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