Hi, folks. I just put on wikieducator a help article on editing wiki doing it
my favourite way - with a text editor. Its here
http://www.wikieducator.org/Help:Editing_using_a_text_editor
However, it could use your help in three ways:
1. I run Linux and therefore am not familiar with text
John,
This is an excellent tutorial! It will really help those who are
committed to a large projects using wikis, or any other mark-up
language for that matter.
I think it's useful mostly to people who already remember a large
chunk of the syntax by heart, though. For those who do not remember
.
From: Scott Newson scott.g.new...@gmail.com
To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 12:12:37 PM
Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: the power of less
The thing with technology is that 'less' is very subjective. Tools that
lessen the cognitive load on the user
be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
From: Scott Newson scott.g.new...@gmail.com
To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 12:12:37 PM
Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: the power of less
The thing with technology is that 'less' is very
Randy,
The power of less may make the digital natives powerless. :) The next
generation we need to consider is not ours. We should empower the next
generation to be independent thinkers who will be able to design tools that
cater to their needs not ours. Are we not merely making a copy of ourlives
The thing with technology is that 'less' is very subjective. Tools that
lessen the cognitive load on the user often have a lot of though put into
them by their designers who consider them more complex than a similar tool
that requires a lot from the user. With the example of a WYSIWYG editor,
