Class Wiki

I enjoyed participating in the online class group wiki. I believe it will be a great final product.

One downside I found with the wiki experience is 'page locks'. Yes, I could have kicked others off and took control of the page, but that would rude and unprofessional.

During the final week, there were several days/hours that pages were repeatedly locked. Out of respect I didn't take over the page and begin my own updates. I could see this issue being problematic for a classroom setting OR a work session when the same students keep pages open in editing for hours at a time.

One may say, don't try to contribute the final week of the assignment, but in reality, in a true collaboration, there are often last minute updates needed by all in the class, group, or team.

I found the collaboration wiki experience enlightening. If I would use in a classroom or work setting I would reserve the final week to 'cosmetic stuff' and make the assignment content due the week before. This way formatting would not take away from content publishing.

Lesson learned....