[Web4lib] Wikis vs blogs

[Vaughn-Tucker, Dani A.]

Hi,

I personally like the blog format better because you do have more
control over who can post, make changes, etc.  I also thing that the
blog format lends itself to a little more creativity and flexibility in
the styles/theme and ease of use.  

However, I think wikis are more amenable to interaction between the
students and the instructors.  Is there a way to set a wiki so that
students (or anyone) would only have limited ability to make changes?

Dani Vaughn-Tucker
 
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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Kristen Shea
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 11:51 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Wikis vs blogs

   Hello all,
      Since everyone was extremely useful yesterday in answering my
question
about ESL programs. I greatly appreciate everyone taking time out of
their
busy schedules to respond.
      My next thing that I'm trying to decide on is the best method of
communicating with the students, besides e-mail. I was thinking that the
wiki would be cool and innovative but I do worry about the students
erasing
comments or things like that. With a blog, I could make posts about
various
ideas/events but I'm not sure if that would necessarily initiate
communication/talk with the student body. Does anyone have experience
with
either of these mediums? If so, what were the pros and cons of the
different
forms of media you used? Also, if you used wiki or blog, which software
did
you use?
       Thank you very much! I would greatly appreciate everyone's imput!
                       Kristen Shea
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