Ekanem+Bassey

=__Ekanem Bassey's Analysis and Reflections Page__=

__Profile__

My name is Bassey Ekanem, I am a third year student in the process of entering the Digital Enterprise Management specialist program.This would be my second time working with wiki , the first being CCIT 300 which I took during the last summer session. I first started working with wikispaces in CCIT 300, where I learnt the basics of using and getting help from it, usually in the form of aid making my notes, contributing to the work of others on wiki, and keeping track of deadlines to assignments and tests.This helped me immensely to plan and improve how I managed my study schedule and it served as a font of knowledge on a wide range of issues in relation to this course and others.

__Contributions__

-On the 24th of September Contributed to the Design process page adding information to it. -On October 8th contributed material to the virtual reality page -On November 1st contributed material to Anthropometry page. -On Novemmber 3rd added information to data mining page -I am the creator and primary contributor to the Design Concept page -I am the creator and primay contributor to the __Design Engineering__ page

__Reflections__ __When first encountering wiki at the beginning of the course__ -What to you tink of collaborative learning? -What are your expectations for yourself? -If you have previously made use of wikispaces and describe what you have previuosly learnt and how you want to expand your understanding? -What can you contribute as an experienced participant?

I feel collaborative learning is an excellent experience where different individuals bring together their collective knowledge on different topics for the benefit of all who may not have access to the knowledge they produce or who would overlook it as none-relevant in favour of other information should they see it and who because of others thoughtfulness and consideration such as making more than one view to a situation available for all to see provide others with extra perspective to an isue or topic and because of that everyone else benefits greatly from it.My expectations for myself are that I hope to be an excellent wiki contributor, producing relevant information all can benefit from and giving honest and worthwhile opinions on what I think can help benefit everyone who participates in wikispaces.I have previously made use of wikispaces in CCIT 300 and I gained much of my skills in adding and editing pages from it, I hope in using wikispaces in this course I will learn to make effective use of links to other pages within wiki or sites on the internet from it from it.As an experienced user of wikispaces I can contribute notes on a wide variety of topics where I feel they can be useful if no one else has made the knowledge I might possess at that time available for all to make use of.

__Think about the following and answer to the best of you ability__

-How do you choose which postings to contribute to or change? -What are your thoughts on adding, editing or re-arranging others work? -Do you regularly check your own postings for alterations, has anyone changed your work and how do you feel about it?

I usually choose topics I know I can gather relevant information quickly and effectively on, and when I choose which pages to contribute to when I use wikispaces especially in the area of editing, adding or rearranging the works of others I to do my best to be considerate about the work they have contributed material to and I try to make as little change to their original works as I need to, to improve it's overall value and I regularly check back on both my own work and the works of others I have altered for feedback and also to add more information to them if I possess more knowledge on the topic to add to it.Recently someone added a table of contents to a page I created and was the main contributor to, I'm very grateful for that.

__As a final reflection on your experience with the CCIT333 wiki, look back and read your first entry__

-How have your views changed in regards to collaborative learning while participating in this wiki? -Are there comments, ideas, suggestions you could share for possible improvements? -Things you thought were most productive or helpful about using wiki?

My views on wikispaces since I started using it have not changed much I still consider it is an excellent source of co-operation between individuals and which through contributions by everyone, grows into a vibrant community wth a large reservoir of information which is made available by everyone for everyone else, providing all who eventually use it with greater insight into a wide variety of topics from many perspectives which tends more often than not to expand on and lay emphasis on key concepts a person might have overlooked had it not been noticed by others, making wikispaces an excellent resource for note-taking and information gathering.

I found the online study notes to be the most productive portion of the wiki for this course as I benefitted greatly from it during the final test especially from the online notes as I did not possess the textbook at the time, only through the thoughtful contributions of others providing study notes on chapters was I able to gain the extra relevant knowledge that I didn't have at my disposal, and which helped me greatly during the final test.

I highly recommend that in the next wiki that a section be made for people to contribute study notes and it be made mandatory to participate in it.It will help many students who may not have access to the textbook at the time and make effective notes if not more so that lectures notes as all the students in the class will contribute to it.