Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j11Hqrn17211; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 12:52:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 12:52:53 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <DC59DD324318E44AA0C054AC1D7806BE0444238B@ca1ex1.air.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jacobson, Erik" <EJacobson@air.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3409] Adult Literacy Wiki X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 798 Lines: 16 I tend to think of the wiki as a place for asynchronous dialogue - that is, a conversation that will take place over time in bits and pieces, as people focus in on the areas that interest them. Discussion groups, on the other hand, are built for more immediate feedback and discussion. Something might be placed on the wiki and not commented on for a while, but on the discussion group you can an immediate response. On the other hand, you may make a comment on a discussion group that is not picked up and never discussed. In the discussion group format it is gone and lost forever. That same comment can be patiently waiting for someone to respond to it on a wiki. For this reason I think of the wiki as complementing the work we can do on this discussion group and vice-versa. Erik Jacobson
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