Based on this week’s collaborative wiki activity, I found there to be both advantages and challenges. Some of which come from this experience in using a wiki in this course ETEC 565 as well as those I experienced in my last course ETEC 510. The advantages and challenges are outlined in the bulleted list below
Advantages of wikis for collaboration
– Each user’s id is attached to work
– History of edits is provided
– Ability to compare current and previous versions
– Discussion page to comment, discuss and share ideas
– Collaboration allows for a larger pool of authors and more experience/knowledge sharing
– No geographical boundaries for collaboration, all done online
Challenges of wikis for collaboration
– Workload distribution, fair participation by all
– Timeliness of participation of all collaborators
– Dissatisfaction with someone’s edits to your entry. Editing wars between collaborators
– Maintaining flow within the document, potential for it to be disjointed/disorganized