I’m guest blogging for Web 2.0 Explorer, Alan Graham’s ZDNet blog. So far, I’ve written about the growing use of wikis in education in Davids versus Goliath: a comparison of wikis versus Blackboard CMS. From the post: “The fundamental difference between the two is this: Blackboard is something designed to do everything, and the wiki is something that can do everything because of its design.
Guest blogging this week for ZDNet Web 2.0 Explorer

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