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While the Moodle wiki has quite a few limitations, the ability to control access and the ways that learners can collaborate can be very useful. There is significant correlation with the read-write matrix, because the standard wiki module installed with Moodle offers various settings to control who has read access and who has write access.

Encyclopedia Britannica is providing free access for web publishers, including blog authors, to its online articles. This article includes some impressions of what it provides and a brief comparison with Wikipedia.

The read-write matrix of web 2.0 tools for learning is a planning tool for teachers which maps various uses of blogs and wikis onto a two-dimensional matrix.

Undone is a free online productivity tool which lets you manage your ‘to do’ lists and the bigger projects that they belong to. It includes widgets to publish your lists to your website.

The truly collaborative wiki has the potential to change the power balance between teachers and learners and their respective roles: no longer is the teacher the sole source of authoritative knowledge. On the other hand, ‘wrong’ information can be detrimental and even dangerous, in vocational or academic education.

Two recent incidents highlighted for me the dominance of English in the online world, even in systems and communities used internationally by educators.