Wikispaces Coming to a Close

I first want to say that the wiki project this year was enjoyable. I felt as if there was a lot more freedom to post many different things and opportunity to learn more about different topics in training. Some pros of using the wiki for moderated discussions were that we were able to pick a topic of our choice and research it to the best of our ability. Some people devoted a lot of time and effort to their wiki space and others did not. You could tell by some of the summary articles that were written initially. I think it was important to write a good summary to get the ball rolling so that we had something to talk about in our discussions. The second pro to using the wiki was the ability to create formulated opinions based on the topic summaries and also draw from personal experience. Some cons of this years wiki were that it was hard to keep up with any one discussion/topic. I found it difficult to keep the same person on one discussion. It is hard to continue a discussion when the person posts a response one time and never revisits the page. One suggestion I have for the future is to let everyone choose a limited number of discussions to participate in, and let everyone choose based on what they are interested in. It's great that everyone gets to participate but it can become overwhelming trying to respond in so many discussions. This will also ensure that every topic has participants, unlike some of the spaces on this years' wiki. Some people had 25 responses while others only had 7. While it is up to the person to provide discussion questions and keep the flow of information up, it is unfair that no one chooses to participate in another's discussion. The wiki was a great idea and I learned a lot, and I hope other classes get to have the same experience.