This week’s activities seeed quite easy but I was actually very frustrated with PBWiki… I tried so many times to add new content to the ETG Homepage but nothing happened. I’m not sure if it is my computer or the program. I believe I created a new folder (maybe two folders) for “Jeannie’s Favourites” but I can’t seem to see it. My experience using WetPaint was a lot easier and on the “Digital Reference Shelf” Wiki I was able to add new content. I added “Innis Library Homepage” under Business Sources. The “Innis Library” Wiki is available from: http://innislibrary.wetpaint.com/
I also did the test using Wikimatrix and it gave me a list of eight Wikis that I would probably prefer. The only thing we need is TIME to take a look at the different types.
For this week’s lesson, I set up a “Innis Library Wiki” (using Wetpaint) as a pilot, as part of the Learning 2.0 @ McMaster. So far, I just added a welcome page and created new pages for “Students” and “Faculty”. My next task will be to add content to the pages. I think this will be useful and I’m hoping to communicate better with our academic users. I’m thinking of putting some of the exisitng “Innis Library” content on the new Wiki and I am asking for feedback and input from our users.
Concluding Thoughts
Although I have limited experience using Wikis, I think it is definitely a great way to collaborate with faculty, colleagues and students. I know it’s being used in the classroom to support teaching and learning and hope we can use this as a tool to also add value to support academic success at McMaster.
Jeannie
