I don't ask the students to not use the wiki, just not to post
the final solution until late. (01)
Part of this is that some part of the class (30%)
coast and don't do work and rely on the work of others. (02)
So there is a problem with this process in that respect. (03)
To fix that I try to assign individual assignments, but
at this point in the course, I can't do that. (04)
cdent@blueoxen.org writes: (05)
% On Tue, 13 May 2003, John Sechrest wrote:
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% > Post this write up to the wiki on the day the assignment
% > is due. Do not post it earlier.
%
% Your assignment sounds very interesting and probably a _serious_
% education for many of the students.
%
% However, I do have one gripe or insight but I'm not sure how to
% get around it.
%
% I think of Wiki's as scratchpads: they are ways to fluff ideas
% around, think some thoughts and (Peter are you listening?) create
% concepts that you may not have initially known were there. My
% method for writing in a wiki is to just write and whenever I get
% to a concept I think needs a little more flesh but I don't know
% what that flesh is, I mush some words together. After I submit
% the current page I go back and fill those words in if I have
% something for them.
%
% If you are telling your students to not post their results to the
% wiki until the assignment is due, they don't get the benefit of
% using the Wiki as thinking tool that may operate on the order of
% days.
%
% I assume you are delaying the posting to avoid "cheating". That's
% a difficult challenge in teaching situations. My attitude of late
% has been to essentially encourage what amounts to cheating
% amongst people who are learning technical skills. Stealing/using
% other people's ideas is one of the primary skills a programmer or
% system administrator must have.
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