“Blogs” and “Wikis” Are Valuable Software Tools for Communication Within Research Groups

Authors: Sauer, Igor M.; Bialek, Dominik; Efimova, Ekaterina; Schwartlander, Ruth; Pless, Gesine; Neuhaus, Peter

Source: Artificial Organs, Volume 29, Number 1, January 2005 , pp. 82-83(2)

Buy & download fulltext article:

Price: $48.00 plus tax (Refund Policy)

Abstract:

Appropriate software tools may improve communication and ease access to knowledge for research groups. A weblog is a website which contains periodic, chronologically ordered posts on a common webpage, whereas a wiki is hypertext-based collaborative software that enables documents to be authored collectively using a web browser. Although not primarily intended for use as an intranet-based collaborative knowledge warehouse, both blogs and wikis have the potential to offer all the features of complex and expensive IT solutions. These tools enable the team members to share knowledge simply and quickly—the collective knowledge base of the group can be efficiently managed and navigated.

Keywords: Blog; Wiki; Research organization; Intranet

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1594.2004.29005.x

Affiliations: 1: General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Experimental Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Charité—Campus Virchow, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Publication date: 2005-01-01