Today is Sunday and I have logged on to the E-Learning system and have created a wiki account. However, I am very confused at this point and just wanted to make sure I document how I am feeling at this time. I am hoping my partners in this assignments will be familiar with a wiki and can get it "started".
About 5 hours later, I think I finally got it. Not that I have worked on it for that long. But I have logged on and off several times as time allowed today. I also watched the video and that helped. I am anxious to see if my partners can log on and also edit and collaborate.
Today, Monday, one of my partners logged on and added some text and we commented to each other on the wiki in the comment section, so I feel so much better. I believe we are collaborating on a project "on line" and I think its pretty neat.
How I might consider using a wiki in my career:
I am very curious if the the students I advised in the upper level business administration courses have ever used a wiki. I am going to start asking some junior and senior level students in the undergraduate programs if they have ever used a wiki. I can see where a wiki would be very, very convenient for group projects. I often hear of students being upset with their "group" because they never attend project meetings and never contribute to the project. Or I hear complaints that a member of the project brought down their overall grade because of not doing what was assigned to them. I believe that if the professors allowed the use of wiki's for group projects, it would make it easier to contribute when and where it is convenient for each individual. If I were a teacher I would like to set up a wiki for a group project. It is an awesome tool and I think every graduate of WMU should be exposed to it.
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I was confused too at first...I was logged in but could not comment. Finally I realized that Brian invited us to comment through our wmich email. Once I did that, I had no futher problems getting in a writing down comments on my section. The difference between a wiki and a blog I see is that you have to be invited on a wiki, but can go anywhere with blogs. I just glad to know that I was not the only one having trouble.
Thanks for the feedback. I think I am finally getting it. It is a pretty cool tool, I know I have a lot to learn, but it's a start. It is comforting to know I wasn't the only one with questions.
Betsy, I feel the same way about group projects, in fact that's what I wrote about in my blog.
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