Pelton,+Danielle

=Danielle Pelton=

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**Contributions**
- Basic formatting around the wiki- adding tocs, headings , titles. etc. - Main article- Affinity Diagrams

1. When first encountering wiki at the beginning of the course.

 * What do you think/feel about this collaborative learning environment? I personally really enjoy the use of wikispaces, because I like to built on other peoples ideas and see what other people are interested in relating to the course. I think it's a great way to gain knowledge about a variety of topics.


 * What are your expectations for yourself? I expect to be active at times, and less active at others when I get bogged down with a lot of other work. I really hope to help in editing others entries and try to be an active person in the wikispace.


 * If you have previously used wiki in another course, then describe what you have previously learned and how you want expand your understanding. I think using wikispaces before gives me a good understanding of how to use the space and what works and what doesn't work. It also got me used to the idea of having other students edit my work.


 * What can you contribute as an experienced participant? I can help with formatting and the navigation of the space because I know what worked in the past.

2. Think about the following and answer to the best of your ability:

 * How do you choose which postings to contribute or change? I like to chose things that I have some prior knowledge in and that I have personal interest in . That way I'm motivated to make the article better. Plus it allows me to learn more about topics that I enjoy.
 * What are your thoughts on adding, editing or re-arranging other people's work? I don't feel bad about it, it's almost like editing a paper. I feel like I'm just trying to improve on what's already out there.


 * Do you regularly check your own postings for alterations? Has anyone changed your work and how have you felt about it? Not all that often, everyone and awhile. I feel like once my work is out there, it's out there and people can change it however they like. If I don't agree with their changes or think they've made the page worse, I can always go back in and change it back.

3. As a final reflection on your experience with the CCT333 wiki, look back and read your first entry.

 * Have your views changed in regards to collaborative learning while participating in this wiki? Yes, after using the wiki last year in cct205, and really enjoying it, coming into this semester I was excited to be using wikis again. But I don't think the wiki worked as well for this course as it has for 205 and 300. I think the topics are harder to write about, and it seemed a lot harder to come up with ideas and concepts. I also think that being in both 333 and 300 at the same time was a little much. Having both group wikis and the class wikis meant logging into wikispaces a lot over the semester and I grew tired of it. After working on my group wikis I didn't really feel like working as much on the class wiki.


 * Are there any ideas, suggestions or comments you could share for possible improvements? For this course I think we need to create a list of topics related to the course, before we pick a topic to write about . This way we'll know if were on the right track and know if the topic we pick is one that is valid.


 * Things you thought were most productive or helpful about using wiki? I think it's really helpful in organizing large amounts of information . I can log into wikispaces and look at lecture notes and than look at pages about concepts and theories I don't understand.