Webb's Learning with New Media » wiki http://www.webbmedia.net Website of Heather Tillberg-Webb Mon, 03 May 2010 00:18:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Stickie Wiki – Linoit for a post-it interface http://www.webbmedia.net/2010/04/15/stickie-wiki-linoit-for-a-post-it-interface/ http://www.webbmedia.net/2010/04/15/stickie-wiki-linoit-for-a-post-it-interface/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:53:06 +0000 admin http://www.webbmedia.net/?p=557 Collaborating with a faculty member on a paper focused on a project-based pedagogical approach for her business law course, the conversation quickly turned to the current semester. Her current section of the class was rather large, and the project-based approach that we were documenting seemed unwieldy.

We started brainstorming about ways to make the project work with major constraints in terms of class time and the number of students. I suggested that if some of the work were synthesized outside of class, the face-to-face time in class could be devoted to rich discussion. The best tool for the job seemed to be a wiki. And then the instructor raised the bar. She wanted a visually appealing wiki--and one that simulated the post-it note format she used in class.

Linoit was the tool that we decided to use.  With the group feature, there is access to history tracking, just like you'd have with a typical wiki. The interface is really neat, if you are looking to simulate a corkboard. Different colored "stickies" are available and you can modify the text and "stickie" size, as well as "pin down" finalized notes.

]]> http://www.webbmedia.net/2010/04/15/stickie-wiki-linoit-for-a-post-it-interface/feed/ 0 Wiki vs. CMS (drupal, for example) http://www.webbmedia.net/2006/07/17/wiki-vs-cms-drupal-for-example/ http://www.webbmedia.net/2006/07/17/wiki-vs-cms-drupal-for-example/#comments Mon, 17 Jul 2006 23:14:24 +0000 admin http://www.cultivating.us/?p=238 What *is* the difference between a wiki and drupal? Fortunately, D'Arcy Norman has already explored this topic in as much technical detail as is necessary. The truth is that the issue is control. A wiki requires a certain degree of loss of control, whereas with a CMS like drupal, there is a much less open nature to the processes available to the casual user. But I don't think open-ness is necessarily a required characteristic of a wiki; services such as pbwiki allow wikis to be both private and public. If you were creating a specific project with a specific group, such as a group project in a class, it would be inappropriate to use a completely open-to-the-world wiki for the endeavor.
The most salient characteristic in my estimation is the extremely easy way one can create hyperlinks and format text in wikis. At the same time, as D'Arcy points out, creating a hierarchical navigation is a pain. Mediawiki can create one at the top of the page automatically as a table of contents, but I hate this feature from a usability standpoint. Basically, there is a reason we don't use anchors heavily in websites, why bring this back with wikis?

What specific task or project would creating a wiki be a logical choice for?

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