Comments on: Student use of wiki http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/10/19/student-use-of-wiki/ apparently much happier in person Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Aron Burrell http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/10/19/student-use-of-wiki/#comment-80315 Aron Burrell Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 #comment-80315 <em>...And quickly proceeded to blow me away with what a student can/will do given a bit of trust and some supporting resources...</em> Glad to be of service. <em>...206 edits to pages...</em> Granted, some of which were very silly edits based on me trying to learn how to use MediaWiki, but nonetheless, wow that's a lot. <em>...this would have never happened, because there is no way in hell an Institution would let an undergrad edit a faculty web page...</em> The revolution is upon us =) <em>...to start getting the word out to a larger audience on campus...</em> Incidentally, a president of Verbatim and some of the executive are now aware and supportive of the existence of the wiki page. Additionally, Dr. X. J. Yang had previously heard of the wiki concept and now knows of the presence of the U of C wiki and the pages relating to his course today. Unprovoked, he briefly announced the page to students in class today. Oh, and "Hi." I read your blog now. =p You're syndicated for livejournal users at <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/darcynorman_rss">darcynorman_rss</a>. Imagine my surprise at reading about myself today. …And quickly proceeded to blow me away with what a student can/will do given a bit of trust and some supporting resources…

Glad to be of service.

…206 edits to pages…

Granted, some of which were very silly edits based on me trying to learn how to use MediaWiki, but nonetheless, wow that’s a lot.

…this would have never happened, because there is no way in hell an Institution would let an undergrad edit a faculty web page…

The revolution is upon us =)

…to start getting the word out to a larger audience on campus…

Incidentally, a president of Verbatim and some of the executive are now aware and supportive of the existence of the wiki page.

Additionally, Dr. X. J. Yang had previously heard of the wiki concept and now knows of the presence of the U of C wiki and the pages relating to his course today. Unprovoked, he briefly announced the page to students in class today.

Oh, and “Hi.” I read your blog now. =p You’re syndicated for livejournal users at darcynorman_rss. Imagine my surprise at reading about myself today.

]]> By: Aron Burrell http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/10/19/student-use-of-wiki/#comment-80316 Aron Burrell Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 #comment-80316 <em>Additionally, Dr. X. J. Yang had previously heard of the wiki concept and now knows of the presence of the U of C wiki and the pages relating to his course today. Err...make that "relating to his course."</em> Additionally, Dr. X. J. Yang had previously heard of the wiki concept and now knows of the presence of the U of C wiki and the pages relating to his course today.

Err…make that “relating to his course.”

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/10/19/student-use-of-wiki/#comment-80317 D'Arcy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 #comment-80317 Heh. That's cool, Aron. I didn't want to link to you directly in case it spooked you or something :-) Love the new page at litui.net! Wiki as website... The revolution is at hand... :-) Heh. That’s cool, Aron. I didn’t want to link to you directly in case it spooked you or something :-) Love the new page at litui.net! Wiki as website… The revolution is at hand… :-)

]]> By: Aron http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/10/19/student-use-of-wiki/#comment-80318 Aron Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 #comment-80318 Eh, no biggie. My identity is spread all over the net anyway (ongoing from about 1994). I'm not sure about the wiki-as-website idea yet, but I like the following aspects: 1) Requires little to no maintenance so long as I keep it locked down (hunting spam will not be beneficial to my schedule), 2) Can have the general feel of a normal personal website (navigation, &c), 3) Can be updated and posted to randomly by me without the hassle of actual web develpment (which has always been the main obstacle to me putting anything on my websites... not that I can't, but that I don't have the time or will to be a web developer these days). So, we'll see how it goes for me. One major downside is that mediawiki seems a bit slow on my host. It does a lot of database work just to display a single page. Caching is not in my control, so I'll have to deal with it at the moment. I tried a few less monstrous pieces of wiki software, but they're all either too cut-down or too poorly written. MediaWiki has a professional feel about it. Eh, no biggie. My identity is spread all over the net anyway (ongoing from about 1994).

I’m not sure about the wiki-as-website idea yet, but I like the following aspects:

1) Requires little to no maintenance so long as I keep it locked down (hunting spam will not be beneficial to my schedule),
2) Can have the general feel of a normal personal website (navigation, &c),
3) Can be updated and posted to randomly by me without the hassle of actual web develpment (which has always been the main obstacle to me putting anything on my websites… not that I can’t, but that I don’t have the time or will to be a web developer these days).

So, we’ll see how it goes for me. One major downside is that mediawiki seems a bit slow on my host. It does a lot of database work just to display a single page. Caching is not in my control, so I’ll have to deal with it at the moment. I tried a few less monstrous pieces of wiki software, but they’re all either too cut-down or too poorly written. MediaWiki has a professional feel about it.

]]> By: XplanaZine http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/10/19/student-use-of-wiki/#comment-80319 XplanaZine Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 #comment-80319 <strong>Daily Update -- October 20, 2005</strong> Today's news update focuses on "big surprises" or, in other words, those items that really come as no shock at all but which the news media plays up with the same fervor as Nick and Jessica spats. In general news we take a look at Microsoft ... Daily Update — October 20, 2005

Today’s news update focuses on "big surprises" or, in other words, those items that really come as no shock at all but which the news media plays up with the same fervor as Nick and Jessica spats. In general news we take a look at Microsoft …

]]> By: Neurophyre http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/10/19/student-use-of-wiki/#comment-82410 Neurophyre Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 #comment-82410 Aron, try PmWiki for smaller sites that you want to get up and running fast and maintain easily. Aron, try PmWiki for smaller sites that you want to get up and running fast and maintain easily.

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