1. Identifying the Benefits and Pitfalls of Blogs and Wikis Cheryle Walker eLearning: Driving Instructional Design with Emerging Technologies Conference Sydney, June 2007
Cheryle Walker Part of Learning Design Team with National Australia Bank’s corporate learning unit, so one of my biggest challenges is to create learner-centric engaging learning experiences for our staff My topic today is a personal passion about which I’m still learning rapidly Just a couple of quick definitions for those who may be a little unsure: Blog – a web-log a user’s online diary of thoughts, reflections, and commentary (often with extensive links to other web-logs or web sites) in a reverse chronological diary style also supports the addition of comments by readers can be used as a communication tool, and can reside inside or outside the corporate firewall Wiki – web-based conceptually a content management tool, however very often used for regular collaboration philosophically based on the idea of ‘open’ editing – anyone can read, write, delete content tends to be decentralised, interest-based, can be anonymous, and resides either inside or outside the corporate firewall Would anyone like to add anything to my quick and rough definition?