I found this to be a challenging activity. Allow me to explain.
The actual act of using a wiki to collaborate with peers is not difficult. The technology behind wiki’s is not difficult, yet I found this style of communication to be difficult and not as practical as a regular forum. It may seem like nitpicking, but the actual act of editing a wiki and the layout of the text is not as condusive to conversation (I found) as regular forum. Perhaps it is because that is what I am used to, but I feel that it was something more.
I would use this activity though in a classroom situation, but only in certain situations. It is a great way to get to learn how to use wikis, and there is no doubt in my mind that students would love it. The type of questions that was asked does work well in this context though, but I wonder if forums would have led to the same result however.
My two cents.
Dave.
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