I've just gotten off another weekend of class, my first for Designing Learning Interventions. Really need to get in bed, but wanted to post and share:
Both classes I'm in this semester are using wikis. I've posted to both now. On the wiki for Emerging Technologies I've started sharing resources for cool tools I've found (or that others have found. Sorry, Wendy.) that I thought would be useful for people creating learning programs. On the other wiki, I placed a rubric for an assignment that my professor asked me to create so we could then get the input of the class. She had planned to send it via email, but had already created this other wiki so it seemed a perfect use for it, a place where we could comment, collaborate, edit and determine what worked best for us.
I'm curious to see these two wikis for two very different classes and how they unfold. I've yet to use a wiki for something and have it "work" the way it was supposed to. My past experiences have all been me adding stuff to a wiki and no one else touching it. Do you need the massive numbers of Wikipedia to make a wiki worth it? Or is it just a matter of engagement?
Off topic - Just joined delicious, after Robin's recommendation. We'll see how this goes!
Glad you've posted to the wiki as I've been avoiding that particular piece of the puzzle! Just did my first Twitter post and I don't want to overdo! One thing at a time. I'm curious to see what unfolds as well. Is it a respository for good stuff we never use or does it become a living, breathing "thing". Suppose, as most things, that responsibility is up to the collaborators, not the collaboration vehicle. Darn it, can't get rid of responsiblity no matter how hard I try! :)
ReplyDeleteThe organic nature of wikis suggests that the two wikis will look very different in the end!
ReplyDeleteHave fun watching them develop.