(From EDD 8008 Discussion #7)
According to Hsu, Ching, and Grabowski (2014), “unlike group blogs where individuals contribute to their own section of writing, wikis enable users to edit each other’s work on the same page, to track revision history made by users, and to “roll back” to previous versions through a page history feature (p.751).”
According to Hsu, Ching, and Grabowski (2014), “unlike group blogs where individuals contribute to their own section of writing, wikis enable users to edit each other’s work on the same page, to track revision history made by users, and to “roll back” to previous versions through a page history feature (p.751).”
I think that what I’m most interested in is the utter reliance I believe most have on obtaining information through Wiki that is combined with the utter distrust (denial?), if not a side of contempt. How many times have we come across scholarly journals whose information we disagreed with? Perhaps it was outdated, too narrow in its scope, biased, or an informational piece that we were just not comfortable with. We’ve felt this way too about wiki posts. Both have citations, both were written by individuals who have some level of interest in the topic area, and both are frequented by a reading base of individuals whose intent is not too easily determined- except perhaps interest and homework J. I cannot count the times I’ve had to write a paper and have used Wikipedia or other wikis as a starting-point tool for furthering research via accepted scholarly journals. When will wikis get the respect they deserve? When will some Cambridge and Harvard scholars admit they have a peep at Wikis too? As Creative Commons licensing becomes more popular, I look forward to the time when wikis get the credit they deserve. Through some wiki use research, instructors reported developing critical thinking skills through working on a shared space, and put more thought in their writing. In addition to this, they also posted resistance in having their pieces edited (Hsu, Ching, and Grabowski, 2014). I find this particularly interesting as the question of knowledge ownership comes to the front of educational debate.
Hsu, Y.C., Ching, Y.H., & Grabowski, B.L. (2014). Web 2.0 Applications and practices for learning through collaboration. In Spector, J. M., Merrill, M. D., Elen, J., & Bishop, M. J. Handbook of research on educational communications and technology (4th ed.)(747-758). New York, NY: Springer.
Hsu, Y.C., Ching, Y.H., & Grabowski, B.L. (2014). Web 2.0 Applications and practices for learning through collaboration. In Spector, J. M., Merrill, M. D., Elen, J., & Bishop, M. J. Handbook of research on educational communications and technology (4th ed.)(747-758). New York, NY: Springer.