Concluding our three-day wiki book fest, today we look at books that aren’t specifically about wiki, but are catch-all titles dealing with online collaboration and using collaborative tools to improve productivity in a variety of areas. (We have to admit to some excitement over the titles that embrace wiki and collaboration in the classroom – how awesome is that!)
Top Pick
• Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools by M. Katherine Brown, Char James-Tanny and Brenda Huettner (Wordware Publishing 2006, 385 pages, $29.95) – Managing Virtual Teams offers practical advice for managers and team members on how to collaboration team dynamics, and project management can be achieved in virtual team environments when communication and planning are not face-to-face. Tools explored include wikis, blogs and RSS feeds.
Other Titles
• Blogs, Wikis, MySpace, and More: Everything You Want to Know about Using Web 2.0 But Are Afraid to Ask by Terry Burrows (Chicago Review Press 2008, 224 pages, $14.95) – Mini-encyclopedia format makes this a guide to useful and interesting sites of all sizes and popularity.
• Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson (Corwin Press 2008, 151 pages, $31.75) – Information on how to use technology for educators of all levels, with a focus on the benefits of collaborative work to deepen the learning experience.
• E-Preneur: From Wall Street to Wiki: Succeeding as a Crowdpreneur in the New Virtual Marketplace by Richard J. Goossen (Career Press 2008, 254 pages, $15.99) – A look at companies that use “the power of the crowd” to build online collaborative communities. Focus is not only on Web 2.0 communities but also how the “crowd sourcing” model applies to other companies.
• Making the Most of the Web in Your Classroom: A Teacher’s Guide to Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Pages, and Sites by Timothy D. Green, Abbie Brown and LeAnne Robinson (Corwin Press 2007, 151 pages, $31.75) – A look at how to utilize Web 2.0 technology into practical applications for the classroom.
• Online Teaching and Learning Series #8: Using Wikis for Collaboration in Online Learning: The Power of the Read-Write Web by James A. West and Margaret L. West (Jossey-Bass 2008, 160 pages, $29.75) – Information on how online instructors and class designers can utilize the latest in Web 2.0 technologies, specifically the wiki to further learning and collaboration. Provides both pedagogical background as well as practical tools.
• Participative Web and User-Created Content: Web 2. 0, Wikis, and Social Networking by Graham Vickery and Sacha Wunsch-Vincent (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007, 124 pages, $29) – Study of User-Created Content and it’s rapid growth in worldwide communications with an emphasis on policy implication for these tools.
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