Start by categorizing the wikis by the functions that they serve (for educational purposes) For example, which wikis are best to use in a teaching setting, which are better for archival information and why?
We want to create a page that people can choose tools from a page and customize it so it based on their functional needs and audience.
Also, outside of class is this the way people choose to communicate? What social tools are they using?
These are the key functions our cms/wiki must have and points we must evaluate:
- Provide a model for research grants, outreach (College Alumni Association Portal), and teaching
- Why does the user come to and keep returning to the site? Each portal will have some overlap as well as unique answers.
We discussed MediaWiki and whether the user interface is easy for the user. For non-technical users pseudo-programming is required. Ease of use is important. From our observation, we found this style of wiki is great for looking up archived information or research articles (i.e. Wikipedia), the search function is excellent; key words are highlighted as well as listed in context. but may not be as great for conducting class through.
We also looked at ned.com as a good example of an outreach portal. It is powered by http://sourceforge.net/projects/open-qon
Updates:
- Received an account on MSU's server to practice with MediaWiki
- Have a meeting on Wednesday with WIDE center
- Received more replies on my mini-survey
- Will be making follow up calls this week to people I have received no response from
- Should I be thinking about making a student survey to find out how they use wikis/cms inside and outside of class?
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