Former Wikimedia Foundation chairwoman USA, co-leading the innovative WikiSkills EU project @ Ynternet.org Institute.
When Wikipedia became mainstream around 2004-2005,the wiki environment invented in 1995, finally got public attention. It rapidly became a frequent platform for community knowledge based projects. The benefits for the participants are not so much about learning to use a wiki software, it is about all the soft skills they acquire on the way: trust in themselves and others, collaboration and collaboration skills… Such benefits suggest that teachers and trainers should use wikis and wiki alike tools more frequently with the expectation of empowering civic behavior, social inclusion, employability, cultural understanding, autonomous learning and wikilove between human beings.
Duration: 14’17
