Teachers can use wiki's to facilitate teaching and learning in many ways.

A teacher can engage students in a range of tasks and upload content which can guide the learning experience. Teachers use wikis to provide access to:

• links leading to course content
• online writing spaces to debate topics or collaboratively explore concepts
• discussion forums which accompany the wiki space
• a foundation for journal writing and peer review
• support that best suits the learning experience

When teachers introduce a student or other colleagues to a wiki they must take into account the following considerations;

• many people find it difficult to conceptualise the wiki space and how it operates in a competitive working environment
• wikis have a disruptive element to tradional views on copyright and intellectual property
• wikis are limited in their ability to accomodate more complex tasks
• wikis are public spaces essentially - to gain a private space cost money and this can be an issue for those seeking privacy