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Wikipedia: Collective Intelligence at Work

Wikipedia: A case study in global collective intelligence In order to understand collective intelligence more clearly, we need to study one of the strongest and prime examples of collective knowledge building on the Web.That is Wikipedia.Despite earlier questions regarding it’s … Continue reading

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Collective Intelligence: WikiMedia vs Content Management Systems

Recently I have been researching my own collective intelligencesuite of applications.I have been systematically trying and experimenting numerous solutions. Here I will share with you some of my preliminary conclusions for corporate knowledge sharing applications: WikiMedia This is open source … Continue reading

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Collective Intelligence: Research

Thomas Malone (2006) has defined collective intelligence as: “Groups of individuals doing things collectively that seem intelligent”As reported in earlier postings, the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence is working deligently to answer the following: “How can people and computers be … Continue reading

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Collective Intelligence: MIT Center for Collective Intelligence

MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence hopes to answer the question: “How can people and computers be connected so that collectively they act more intelligently than any individuals, groups, or computers have ever done before?” Klein (2007) addressed the inherent problems … Continue reading

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Collective Intelligence: What is collective intelligence and augmented social cognition?

Collective Intelligence Collective intelligencecan be defined as an organically grown bank of knowlege, which providesthe group with a totalsum of knowledge that is fargreater than what each individual member could produce or realize on their own. Information within collective intelligenceis … Continue reading

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Wikis: Wikis for Business and Education – A Quick Guide to Etiquette

Wiki Etiquette: byRachael King, Business Week (2007) DO 1. Be bold: Go ahead and create content or edit someone else’s work. Wikis develop faster when people fix problems, correct grammar, add facts, etc. This is a collaborative tool, after all. … Continue reading

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Collaborative Intelligence: Wikis for Business

Collaborative Intelligence: Wikis for Business In today’s top Fortune 500 companies, wikis are becoming thecollaborative tool of choicefor building vast store houses of corporate knowledge. Wikis are relativelyeasy touse and manage,and are surprisingly versatile in their functionality. Innovation and knowledge … Continue reading

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Wikis: Using Wikis for Business and Education

Wikis: Wikis are evolving into the perfect collaborative tool for business and education. By now, nearly everyone has heard of, or used the famous “Wikipedia” that was launchedin 2001. But what you might not realize is that the open source … Continue reading

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