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Web 2.0 tools for PKM

15 January, 2016 - 09:44

PKM tools can be classified into six categories:

1.Personalized WebPages that enhance organizing and presenting information and sharing it with others. An example of a personalized webpage service is iGoogle, MyYahoo, Live.Com, etc. These sites allow people to create personalized WebPages by subscribing to specific content through RSS feeds and aggregating different types of information (e.g. blogs, favorite websites, weather forecasts), widgets or applications (e.g. calendars, dictionaries) in one place. This integration of different information sources facilitates access to information and the possibility of creating knowledge.

2.Personalized search tools that provide for retrieving and sharing of information. Swicki (http://www.eurekster.com) is a personalized search portal on topics of one’s choice powered by a community. A Swicki learns from the community’s search behavior; thus, it is easier to find something interesting.

3.Social bookmarking that provides a simple way for a community of people to sharebookmarks of internet resources. Heystaks (http://www.heystaks.com) is tool that offers the collection, classification and sharing of web search results. Search results can be added to one’s own lists called stacks, but it is also possible to join existing lists and benefit from others. Lists can be declared private or public, and can be shared with colleagues and friends. Links can be evaluated to indicate their quality to others. Using Heystaks, the management of bookmarks becomes a social activity.

4.Personalized live discussion forums that assist in analyzing, evaluating, presenting and sharing information. With Tangler (http://www.tangler.com),live discussion forum and to share discussions with others.

5.Virtual worlds that encourage sharing of information. Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com) or Vast park (http://www.vastpark.com) are 3D platforms that allow users to create their own virtual world that they can own and share with others. It can be used for 3D gaming, building 3D presentations or creating social networks in shared worlds where users communicate, cooperate, learn and collaborate.

6.Blogs and wikis that support editing, presenting and organizing information or knowledge by individuals or in collaboration with others. A special category of wikis is personal wikis. They allow people to organize information on their desktop or mobile computing device in a manner similar to normal wikis. They are installed as a standalone version and can be seen as personal information managers. An example of a personal wiki is Pimki (http://pimki.rubyforge.org), which includes mind maps, search functions or to-do lists. Pimki is a PIM (Personal Information Manager) loosely based on Instiki's Wiki technology (http://instiki.org/show/HomePage).