Posted on January 19th, 2006 by Gladys Baya
Just two comments on wikis:
1. Last week I was introduced to wikispaces by Daf, and so I saw a wiki that accepts WYSIWYG code with my own eyes . That encouraged me to try a wiki, and I’ve started two spaces: “tips and hints for my computer” and “what people say about me“… I’m still not [...]
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Posted on January 19th, 2006 by Gladys Baya
Reading the supplement on technology published by “Clarín” newspaper last Jan 04, I learn there’ll soon be two versions of Wikipedia (http://wikipedia.org): one where pages can be semi-protected and new contributions will be moderated by the page administrators, and a new one, which will be “static”, and whose contents will only be updated by the [...]
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Posted on January 19th, 2006 by Gladys Baya
For nearly a month now I’ve been trying wikis with the co-moderators to-be for BAW 2006. I’ve tried my hand at pbwiki and not felt comfortable in that environment at all… Daf is definitely enthusiastic about them, but many of the others share my feelings. Here’s what I’m not happy about:
1) At wikis, everybody can do everything, [...]
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Posted on January 19th, 2006 by Gladys Baya
In IT IT Challenges in Higher Education , Cynthia Gautreau writes:
“A significant barrier to integration is not just the teachers’ technology competencies but the fact that many remain unaware of technology’s potential. (…)The faculty surveyed overwhelmingly desired to learn technology in order to meet the needs of their students.“
She’s discussing findings among faculty members of an [...]
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