The Wiki activity felt very different to the collaboration on the LMS site.\u00a0 In particular, I did enjoy reading other people\u2019s posts and seeing how that discussion grew through time.\u00a0 The Wiki made the discussion more fluid and it was easy for any user to see where in the discussion they could share their comments.\u00a0 It also allowed the user to know exactly what the discussion was talking about at any given point.\u00a0 The information (on the page and discussion) is laid out clearly.\u00a0 This ease of use creates many advantages to using Wikis for group collaboration.<\/p>\n
There are some challenges to using Wikis for group collaboration.\u00a0 The LMS discussions seem to present a more personal and comfortable medium for a user to speak what is on his or her mind.\u00a0 The posts on the LMS discussions also seem to be directed more towards individuals, whereas posts on Wikis seem more directed towards the entire group.\u00a0 This presents a challenge when collaborating with a big group (over 15 people) because it is difficult to find your voice among all the comments.\u00a0 Sometimes I would want to clarify what I wanted to say to an individual user, but the discussion does not seem to concern others so I leave it alone.\u00a0 Therefore, for Wikis to be successful, it may need to have a smaller group of users or have a large group of anonymous users (who do not post their names after each comment).\u00a0 It is difficult to edit the Wiki page when there are names attached to each comment.\u00a0 It is better to make it seem more like a public page that can be edited by anyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Wiki activity felt very different to the collaboration on the LMS site.\u00a0 In particular, I did enjoy reading other people\u2019s posts and seeing how that discussion grew through time.\u00a0 The Wiki made the discussion more fluid and it was … Continue reading