Ngan+Yan,+NG

=**NganYan, NG (George)'s Analysis & Reflection**=

Contributions
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 * Fixed typos and link errors in Table of Contents - Oct 2
 * Fixed link errors on Analysis & Reflection Page - Oct 3
 * Added link from Learnability to Ten Minute Rule Page - Oct 3
 * Added Table of Contents to "Design Process" and "Ergonomics" page - Oct 10
 * Added Table of Contents to "Data Mining" and "Technology: Creativity or Overkill?" page - Nov 7
 * Fixed typo on "F1 Racing CCT333" page - Nov 11
 * Added Table of Contents to "Y[|ouTube]" - Nov 4

Main Contributions
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 * Written a page for User Experience - Oct 3
 * Added and written a page for Knowledge Management Systems - Nov 9

Reflection
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 * 1) I first experienced using Wikispaces while I was in CCT205. Back then I felt confused on what we were supposed to do on the wiki assignment. A real "guide" wasn't available to us, therefore making it really confusing on the requirements that we needed to fulfill in ordere to complete the assignment. It wasn't until towards the end of the assignment, 2 days to be exact when our wikispace started to erupt with updates. Things got even more confusing as more and more information were being updated within a short period of time. This time however, I'm more prepared for the assignment and will be starting on the assignment as early as I can. Hopefully this time around, it would be a lot less confusing and more structured.
 * 2) Looking at the wikispace, it sometimes overwhelms me when I have to think of a topic to write on. I would normally look at the topics that have been posted on the Table of Contents before deciding a topic that I might be interested in. For this wiki, I saw a topic that no one wrote on although it was posted there. I decided to write on the topic after waiting for almost 3 weeks to see if anyone would write on it. For editing, I would think that we should edit other people's work constructively. To me, if I were to edit someone's work, I would only edit in the sense of adding more relavant material and remove only information that are not relavant at all. Through editing, I believe that the content of our wikispace can only improve. Everyone has different writing and research methods. Editing allows everyone to contribute and improve the content. As a result of this, I would be happy if someone would edit the material that I've put on. I hope that through their edits, they would show me materials which I had missed during my initial research.
 * 3) During the start of the semester, I dreaded the fact that I had to use wikispaces again for another course. At first I thought that using a wiki would be a bore. However during the course of the semester, I gained a new outlook on wiki. My housemate and I would spend hours looking through the wiki trying to find edits to fix. It became a little bit of a competition between us to spot the things for edits. Since then, I've started using wikispaces for some of my other courses. I had to do a collaborative report with a few people who coincidentally had used wiki or were in this same course. We created a wiki for the report where each of us would contribute materials that we thought would be useful for our final report. Needless to say, our report was excellent. Using wiki however isn't without its drawbacks. One of the problems I've seen is when two or more people are editing the same page at the same time. Wikispace seems to have some problems tracking the latest changes when that happens. Sometimes it would just stop working all together. During the few hours before the deadline, I would think that this would be a considerable problem to my fellow students. As a suggestion, I would hope that wikispace would provide a function where it helps the users to created a work cited page such as those provided by [|www.easybib.com]. This would reduce the time used by the users to search for the right citation format. This would also reduce the chances of plagiarism as it would force the users to source the things that they wrote on. If there material provided by the users were indeed their own idea and original, it would still help as other people can use this citation as a way to quote the user. I would believe that doing this would reduce the number of plagiarism that occurs within wikispaces. Having said that, I noticed that this wikispace went through a fast start and then slowed down but now its picking up again. A total opposite of CCT300 where it started slow and gained momentum. This occurance just shows the uniqueness of each individual wikispace and the uniqueness of the community that maintains the wikispace. It is truly a wonderful experience to be a part of this community.