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Zoho Wiki enables educators to create interactive online courses for students on subjects like ancient historical buildings, civil war battles, electoral process, capitalism, entrepreneurship, demand/supply, bio-medical sciences, economics, communication skills, journaling, book clubs based on famous writers etc.

We've listed here few ways of how wikis can be used by various educational institutions.

Wikis for Schools

Wikis help Teachers to create virtual classrooms for their students to stay connected beyond classroom and harness the power of an extended classroom.

• Post homeworks, assignments, project works and study materials from anywhere / anytime
• Maintain online schedules and calendar for students to track project / assignment deadlines
• Host pictures, slide shows, photo galleries, video clips of school or classroom events
• Encourage parents participation in activities of classroom and keep updated on events of classroom
• Showcase the positive happenings in a classroom or school in your website

Carol Morgan School	English Together	Halter's Class

Wikis for College Graduates

Wikis enable educational institutions (E.g., Universities / Colleges) to

• Foster knowledge and create a repository of information (i,e act as a Knowledge Base)
• Energize students to brainstorm on a particular topic and post their ideas
• Build communities by creating a collective repository of information to build expertise in a subject area
• Organize and share articles, videos, useful links, blogs and course materials for peer groups

Advanced Software Engg	Literacy Campaign	Venus Summer School

Wikis for Research students

Research students might use wiki to collaborate on a group report and share the results of their research, while faculty might use the wiki to collaboratively author the curriculum of the course.

Wikis can be used for

• Faculty use to create online profiles of research interests, courses taught, areas of expertise etc
• Establishing and managing study groups and mentor matching
• Building intranet sites and posting opportunities to participate in a research group
• Host research materials for researchers who could not make it to one of the instructional sessions

Welkers Wikinomics	Global Information Village	Entrepreneurship Program

The possibilities of using wikis for educational institutions are limitless and never-ending as wikis themselves.

Do tell us how you use Zoho Wiki in your school / college / research group / library ?