Wikis

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from We Learning: Social Software and E-Learning, Part II By Eva Kaplan-Leiserson for Learning Circuits
"Wikis make two assumptions. The first is that knowledge is transitory, not static. There's always some new piece of information to add, some old piece to delete or revise. The second assumption is that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Through each individual's contribution, the resulting product is made better and better."

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"As businesses and younger generations test out this technology, the education sector will follow - watching closely for successes and lessons learned. We learned with the first wave of e-learning that it's important to carefully evaluate the benefits of new technologies for our own individual needs, to watch carefully for obstacles, but not to be too cautious. Sometimes you just have to get in and muck around to learn how new tools can work for you."
Some people criticise the education sector as being behind other aspects of society, feeling we are constantly playing catch up with business. Perhaps the inherent conservatism is justified by some as "we'll wait until it is tested/proven/done elsewhere" when really what we need to be saying is, "let's try it and see what happens, be (considered) risktakers, just take a gamble."