When I first started working with my assignment this week, I was not sure if I was going to like working with Wikis or not, but I quickly changed my mind. Wikis are one of the easiest and most effective Web-based collaboration tools that I have ever used. Their inherent simplicity provides students such as myself, with direct access to the site’s content, which is crucial in group editing or collaborative on group projects. A wiki’s capability can show the development thought processes as students interact with the site and its contents. These collaborative projects help promote “pride of authorship” and ownership in the team’s activities. In addition, wikis are being used as e-portfolios that illustrate their value as a tool for collection and reflection. Collaboration using a wiki is not limited to students. Faculty can use wikis to collaborate on projects, whether editing a textbook, preparing a journal article, or assembling a syllabus or reading list.
Wikis might also prove to be an ideal vehicle for soliciting ongoing input for research or projects where community input can help inform and direct subsequent investigation. The possibilities for using wikis as this platform for collaborative projects are limited only by one’s imagination and time. Wiki enabled group projects that can provided various levels of site access and control to team members, offering a fine-tuning element that enhances the teaching and learning experience. In beginning this group project, I have had some ups and downs, but I believe that this will be some of my best works before I graduated from ECU.
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