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1) Due to my past experiences with wikis in other CCIT courses and with Wikipedia itself, my attitude towards the use of wikis as a learning environment and/or tool has always been a positive one. Throughout the course of the term I expect to make meaningful contributions that would not only be relevant to the course material but to other students as well. Through my past experiences with wiki, i have learned that, all students tend to enjoy the ongoing project as there are no time restriction, anyone can make a contribution on a topic of their choice at any time of the day. Such flexibility in choosing the topic and posting it encourages students to make relevant contributions on the course wikispace.

2) Personally, I was very thoughtful in making contributions to the course wiki. I browsed through all the pages as frequently as possible and scanned through the topics that were recently posted. I observed that most people were posting most amount of information available to them, covering all aspects of a topic However, if I was interested in a topic, and i felt that it hasn't been contributed upon to its full potential i made sure that i made some meaningful contribution. For instance, in the case of Digital Divide, i felt there was so much more information that could be posted in the topic and therefore I posted as possible to further enrich the topic. In my opinion, this experience of adding, editing or rearranging has been a pleasurable for the entire class. Personally, I was of the opinion that everyone welcomed any changes that were made to their made as it made them feel their topic is also of interest for other students who are doing their very best to make it as informative and aesthetically pleasing as possible. Moreover, whenever I visited the course wiki to review the recently updated topics, I also made it a point to visit my own page and the pages that I had earlier made contributions to to observe any changes or contributions that may have been made by others. It was through these visits that i observed that even little work on behalf of others, such as adding of meaningful headings and pictures could make a drastic difference and add towards its appeal on any page regardless of the topic of its discussion.

3) My views have rather strengthened than changed with regards to colloabritive learning while participating in this wiki assignment. I believe that all students benefit through sharing of information through the ocurse Wiki. For instance, in case of the test instead of having to worry about making notes for all the relevant topics and keyterms for each and evry chapter that was to be studied for the test, people could just review and take help from the one’s posted by others, leaving them with more time to concentrate and study harder. In my opinion, organization of the wiki has been relatively formal, a new page regarding the discussion on a test or an upcoming assignment would have faciliated any concerns that students may have, providing other students or the Professors themselves to address them . Although a page on FAQ, was made for a similar purpose, in my opinion it wasnt used to its full potential for the intended purpose. In my opinion, the idea of making a group wiki for the technology redesign project was a really great idea. It saved the students with the hassle of havingto worry about printer problems at sheridan, making it on time for class while providing them with extra time to submit the assignments.

Contributions:
Posted chapter notes for: >
 * 1) Pages Made:
 * Criteria Based Model
 * Key Principles of User Centred Systems Design ( UCSD).
 * Chapter 3
 * Chapter 5 and
 * Chapter 15.

2. Pages I contributed to : Added images on pages of : Multimedia
 * Digital Divide :Added the following sections to the page:"Types of Digital Divide", " Is it a threat?" and Also addded to its conclusion
 * Digital Divide
 * Artificial Intelligence and
 * Accessibility.