Discussion Group B1 (Afternoon): Wiki Strategies to Support the Needs of the User
Issues
Based on your previous discussion and related points from the other discussion
groups you should now seek to identify a Wiki strategy for your institution.
Possible strategies for providing Wiki services include:
- A large-scale enterprise Wiki service for use within your institution.
- A distributed and decentralised approach, in which departments,
ad hoc groups, individuals, etc. may choose their own preferred Wiki tools,
which could be installed locally or use of free or licensed externally-hosted services.
- Use of Wiki functionality provided in other enterprise tools,
such as VLEs, Blogs, etc.
- In-house development of a Wiki service.
- Doing nothing, either because effort is limited and prioritisation
is given to other areas or a view that Wikis are of marginal relevance to the institution.
Please address the following issues:
- What are the pros and cons of these approaches?
- Which approach(es) best satisfy the user requirements you have identified?
Based on your preferred approaches to the provision of a Wiki service:
- How do go about identifying the key evaluation criteria?
- What are the key aspects of the evaluation (include any you identified in the
morning discussion group)?
- What approach would you recommend for the evaluation, selection, deployment and
support for your preferred Wiki service?
Discussion Group B1: Notes
The following notes of the discussions are available:
Exploiting The Potential Of Wikis