It’s been a while since I last blogged but it’s given me time to reflect and it is now time to play catch up and add some more thoughts on what we’ve covered so far on the Learning 2.0 programme.
I had never previously used a Wiki (other than to look up information on Wikipedia) but I did find it quite enjoyable. Again, ridiculously quick and simple to set up and pretty easy to use once you’ve played around with it for a bit. Like the blog, it was good fun setting up your own pages and adding bits and pieces to personalise them. At first a Wiki just seems like another type personal blog but the interesting bit is being able to share ownership and collaborate with colleagues (I noticed that threads and discussion boards were quite popular on the L2.0 Wiki as well). This seems to be the major difference between a blog and a wiki.
On a professional level, Wiki’s certainly have potential. They could provide a very convenient way for members of various teams, projects or groups to share and update relevant information. Especially useful if people are based in different departments and campuses. It could almost be seen as a step up from shared drives (although not a replacement), in terms of accessibility and ease of use.
As with most modern technologies, until the potential of Wiki’s is fully explored then it will be difficult to incorporate them significantly into our professional work but I can see them being utilised more in the future.
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