[seul-edu] Reservations about Wikis: Site tools for Schoolforge

["David M. Bucknell" <david@members.iteachnet.com>]

Ok. If I'm wrong, please point out how. My reservations about Wiki's for 
curriculum are:

1) Although they allow many to participate, they are not group project 
collaboration tools like sourceforge -- they are really for many individuals 
who work on the same site. I see this as different from forming a team, 
working in a direction together. 

2) Wiki's tend to allow all and any idea; this is not likely to grow into a 
curriculum, but into an accumulation of stuff. It can go in any direction. I 
think a good curriculum leadsin a direction. A curriculum needs a direction 
and an easy way to navigate its parts. Most of all it needs articulation from 
one area/level to another. Does the Wiki afford that?

3) Wiki's usually allow anyone to edit anything. If that's not likely to work 
for a computer program, why would it work for curricula?

The thing I admire about sourceforge is that it parallels the open source 
development process. I think it is this process that fits well with education 
so I would like to find a way to make sure it is not forgotten because of the 
tool we choose.

David


Jeff Nelson <jtnelson@emirates.net.ae> said:

> David, could you clarify what you see as wikis' deficiencies?
> Thanks
> Jeff
> > Again, I am not in favor of the Wiki as a curriculum tool.
> 



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