ZOHO Wiki for Education

by Barrie Carter

RE:  ZOHO WIKI FOR EDUCATION (A service provided by ZOHO Wiki)

http://wiki.zoho.com/Zoho-Wiki-For-Education.html

FACE 1: MARKET FOCUS

ZOHO Wiki for Education is intended for public schools (K-12) and higher education (college and university).

FACE 2: TYPES OF OFFERINGS

ZOHO Wiki for Education is a learning and content management system, providing schools with space to design interactive, on-line courses for students.  Here, teachers would develop virtual classrooms so that students and teachers can remain connected outside the physical classroom.  As well, ZOHO Wiki for Education provides post-secondary institutions with space to allow (a) college graduates to share information and to build knowledge, (b) research students to collaborate on reports and to share research findings, and (c) faculty members to design course curriculum.

FACE 3: THE BUYER

ZOHO Wiki for Education is for the typical public school market and for higher education situations.

FACE 4: GLOBAL MARKETS

ZOHO Wiki has global markets in India (an “Asian” country), the US (an Anglophone country), and internationally: http://www.zoho.com/contact.html

However, this does not mean that ZOHO Wiki for Education specifically is available in all global markets.

FACE 5: DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET

It seems as though the markets of the US, Canada, Japan, and India support the import of content and infrastructure:

http://www.zoho.com/in-the-news.html (Press Releases)

http://www.zoho.com/zoho-in-the-news.html (ZOHO in the News)

http://www.zoho.jp/ (Japanese ZOHO Wiki Site)

http://www.zoho.com/awards.html (ZOHO Awards)

However, for ZOHO Wiki for Education may only apply in the Anglophone countries and possibly in Japan and India.

FACE 6: LEARNING TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION WITH OTHER FORMS OF LEARNING

ZOHO Wiki for Education works with a well-developed learning system in that this e-learning service/product is designed to enrich and to enhance the teaching-learning process by providing e-learning space for, but not limited to, collaboration, research, communication, showcasing, and participation.

2 comments


1 Ernest Pao { 09.25.09 at 11:05 pm }

Hi Barrie,

Just curious, is the ZOHO wiki environment similar to a Media wiki or Pbworks wiki? Their website says that you can create interactive courses for students. I’m not exactly sure how this would work if it’s just a wiki site like the others. Have you had any experience with ZOHO?

Ernie


2 Barrie Carter { 09.26.09 at 9:16 am }

Hello Ernest,

What is Zoho Wiki ?

“Zoho Wiki is an intuitive, user friendly tool that allows you to build a website of your dreams complete with pictures and multi-media contents”.

I have yet to use Zoho Wiki, but I have used PBWorks (formally PBWiki). I suspect that Zoho Wiki is much more robust, dynamic, and intuitive than PBWorks.

However, as an LMS or CMS, I do not think Zoho Wiki is as comprehensive and complete as Plone, Moodle, Vista, Drupal, and Joomla!, for example.

Cheers,

Barrie

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