Plus:
· Below is a comprehensive a list of benefits outlined in our readings and sourced from wiki.org:
Open - Should a page be found to be incomplete or poorly organized, any reader can edit it as they see fit.
Incremental - Pages can cite other pages, including pages that have not been written yet.
Organic - The structure and text content of the site are open to editing and evolution.
Universal - The mechanisms of editing and organizing are the same as those of writing so that any writer is automatically an editor and organizer.
Observable - Activity within the site can be watched and reviewed by any other visitor to the site.
Convergent - Duplication can be discouraged or removed by finding and citing similar or related content.
Trust - This is the most important thing in a wiki. Trust the people, trust the process, enable trust-building. Everyone controls and checks the content. Wiki relies on the assumption that most readers have good intentions. But see: AssumeGoodFaithLimitations
Fun - Everybody can contribute; nobody has to.
Sharing - of information, knowledge, experience, ideas, views...
Interaction - This enables guest interaction.
Collaboration - A good collaboration tool, both synchronously and asynchronously.
Social Networks - Its power for supporting collaboration is great.
Incremental - Pages can cite other pages, including pages that have not been written yet.
Organic - The structure and text content of the site are open to editing and evolution.
Universal - The mechanisms of editing and organizing are the same as those of writing so that any writer is automatically an editor and organizer.
Observable - Activity within the site can be watched and reviewed by any other visitor to the site.
Convergent - Duplication can be discouraged or removed by finding and citing similar or related content.
Trust - This is the most important thing in a wiki. Trust the people, trust the process, enable trust-building. Everyone controls and checks the content. Wiki relies on the assumption that most readers have good intentions. But see: AssumeGoodFaithLimitations
Fun - Everybody can contribute; nobody has to.
Sharing - of information, knowledge, experience, ideas, views...
Interaction - This enables guest interaction.
Collaboration - A good collaboration tool, both synchronously and asynchronously.
Social Networks - Its power for supporting collaboration is great.
Minus:
- Requires stringent moderation
- Care must be taken to ensure valuable information is not lost
- Cost of extra features – basic package (free) offers limited accessibility
- Incorrect information may be taught
- May cause arguments/unrest amongst peers
- Are students at a level of maturity where they can be trusted to responsibly handle such a technology?
- May potentially be hogged by teacher pet types.
Wow. Literally just spent an hour at 12.30am trying to upload and edit that post. I ended up getting stuck in some weird bug and had to keep re-formatting in word until it posted properly.
ReplyDelete...and then spent another 5mins trying to work out which account to sign into and what my password was just so I could post this comment. ARGHH!!
Minus:
Technology can be a severe drain on time