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Pedagogical Challenges
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The article compared the traditional expression of ideas which is a paper based and the modern expression through the use of technology .So it is the moving instruction from basic into a complicated wiki medium. It is jointly working with others in an intellectual endeavor but the problem is adoption.Students will find it hard-CR

The pedagogical challenge the instructors may encounter in using Wikis is the instructors may relinquish some degree of authority over the control of contents by setting the stage or initiate rules and let students engage in meaningful interactive collaboration by allowing them to be in control of the content which may involve challenging the social norms and practices of the course as well. ES

One challenge for teachers, might be, how can you use wiki effectively in your classroom? Questions like, in what part of the curriculum can I make use of wiki? Will it benefit my students? Will it encourage higher order thinking skills among my students? Will they practice and enhance their creativity?

It is not all about writing, putting your ideas, but it is also about gaining something from it. Thus, quoting Tim Berners-Lee, //“…. The idea was that everybody would be putting their ideas in, as well as taking them out.”// - MR

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