http://en.nursingwiki.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page
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In my perusing, I landed on the nursing wiki linked above. One aspect of wikis and other open collaboration sites is the potential for inappropriate content to be added.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Wikis in Higher Education
Here's a great resource for using and building wikis - http://www.udel.edu/sakai/training/printable/wiki/Wikis_in_Higher_Education_UD.pdf.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
My daughter says...
After seeing that I am blogging, my daughter said with disgust in her voice, "Are you blogging?" I told her that I'm required to blog for class. She thought about it and retorted with "blogging is a waste of time."
Hannah is 9 years old.
Hannah is 9 years old.
We do have something to say...
In reading over the discussion board entries for Tweet, Tweet, it appears that many of us don't Tweet or blog because we don't have that much to say...publicly. What I'm finding from reviewing your blogs and our class wiki is that we do have something to say. I think we just needed this class to get us jump started. Not every post has to be deep, well informed or particularly interesting. :-)
The cloud
I have been hearing about "cloud computing" lately so I decided to check out Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
Cloud Computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like the electricity grid.
The concept seems analogous to Web 2.0.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
Cloud Computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like the electricity grid.
The concept seems analogous to Web 2.0.
Week 3 - Post Prompt
What uses might a collaborative wiki or blog have in your chosen (current or desired) work environment? How would they support learning and/or performance? What would be the design and implementation challenges if management tried to do this? What would be the design and implementation challenges of a user-initiated effort?
A collaborative wiki would be useful in my work context to plan and track legislative session. There are many people involved - some within my unit and Division and others outside the Division but within the Department. During the months leading up to session, there's a lot of action and deal making. A wiki could help us keep track and colloborate on proposed legislation since we aren't generally in physcial proximity or on the same computer network. Many times emails are lost in overloaded inboxes. The wiki would support the Division and Department's legislative priorities and provide a forum for negotiating language, sharing concerns, and discussing legislator reactions. It could also be used to get information to the folks in the field quickly which is a necessity during session.
Management challenges: There might be management challenges since there are designated liaisons responsible for coordinating activities during session. They might perceive this as a threat to their authority or an indication that they are not meeting expectations.
User challenges: With the numerous "players" in the mix, it might be difficult to coordinate the effort. There might also be individuals resistant to change and/or afraid of new technology. Organization and information management could be a challenge if the original design isn't well conceived.
A collaborative wiki would be useful in my work context to plan and track legislative session. There are many people involved - some within my unit and Division and others outside the Division but within the Department. During the months leading up to session, there's a lot of action and deal making. A wiki could help us keep track and colloborate on proposed legislation since we aren't generally in physcial proximity or on the same computer network. Many times emails are lost in overloaded inboxes. The wiki would support the Division and Department's legislative priorities and provide a forum for negotiating language, sharing concerns, and discussing legislator reactions. It could also be used to get information to the folks in the field quickly which is a necessity during session.
Management challenges: There might be management challenges since there are designated liaisons responsible for coordinating activities during session. They might perceive this as a threat to their authority or an indication that they are not meeting expectations.
User challenges: With the numerous "players" in the mix, it might be difficult to coordinate the effort. There might also be individuals resistant to change and/or afraid of new technology. Organization and information management could be a challenge if the original design isn't well conceived.
By George, I think I've got it!
I must admit that I've been slow to conceive of educational applications with Web 2.0 but I just found a really cool blog - http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com/. The Google Earth projects drew me in and I have spent a good 15 minutes down the rabbit hole of this blog. There are links to wikis by grade level. This would be awesome for homeschoolers.
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