Here’s some pretty interesting news if you work in Higher Education and would like to set up wikis for your students. Starting in March, Wikispaces will be offering free wikis to higher education.
Currently, Wikispaces have given away 980,000 free classroom wikis for K-12 education. This has been good for educators, who need a simple, powerful way to write and work on the Internet which is free from adverts.
As of next week, they are extending the scheme. Their ad-free, private, Plus-featured wikis will be free to higher education, as well.
With this whole new audience for their wikis, they are extending a commitment to give away 2 million totally free wikis for education. The features in these free educational wikis normally cost $50 per year, but are completely free when used for K-12 or higher education.
That means free wikis for teachers, students, professors, researchers, librarians — anyone and everyone using their wikis in K-12 or higher education.
If you’re using your wiki exclusively for K-12 education, find out how to upgrade your wiki at: http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/teachers.
If you’re using your wiki exclusively for Higher Education, find out how to upgrade your wiki at: http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/highered.
