Josiah, I also use the TW for my students. The issue is due to the non-linear nature of TW, most students confuse and it is difficult to them to find a good solution for their problems in using TW. As a simple wiki the bare TW (standard edition) is enough, but as they go in depth for more applied usage like dissertation, project and term papers they have problems can not be addressed by themselves nor from TW documentation nor simply from TW forum.
I think one way is to have more editions for different applications, also a structured step by step tutorial (basics, intermediate and advanced) can be helpful. One more thing indicated by TonyM, TiddlyWiki is not just a wiki, it is like a programming language and there is many many ways to adopt it for your own application. While this is a very good strength of TW, it makes confusion for newcomers. Best Mohammad On Friday, April 27, 2018 at 5:48:21 PM UTC+4:30, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > I followed DesignWriteStudio, run by Steve @ SUNYPoly, with interest for a > second year. > > I'm interested in what new students of TW in an active learning context > can achieve in a limited time period. Some of the resulting TW are very > good. > > But *ONE thing that absolutely stands out to me* is what long term users > here know (that DWS students don't at first)--*the current complications > in FINDING TW exemplars, and code examples*, you need to solve problems > and evolve one's TW ... > > Its currently far too much work unless you have a degree in Information > Forensics. > > Here is a great comment by one student > <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/designwrite/KzHtZP6Id94/YAMJ44aKBAAJ> ... > > There are a few areas that are a bit mysterious still to me (I initially > tried creating this with fewer plugins, but couldn't get it to work until I > added others found through the Google Group). If I was to recreate this, > I'd probably start by immediately importing every plugin I used. > > The comment is considered and liberal. But it illustrates the issue--that > its laborious at the moment to adequately evaluate extant solutions. > Typically, you can only say what you SHOULD have used AFTER you went > through a complex process of trial-and-error to find out. > > I think some of the issues SUNYPoly students had were never addressed or > solved simply because its currently too complicated for them (and us) to > figure out what is where and what is what--though there ARE solutions that > could have solved some of their issues better. And their teacher, Steve, is > a mortal who can't know ALL that has been done or where to find it. > > IMO, knowing ALL is for SYSTEMS of AGGREGATION. It can't be in people's > heads. And its can't work well through random posts. Normal posts here on > GG often solve problems well. But mostly those solutions disappear into the > Google Swamp within a few days. > > Just moaning (again) from the fog > Josiah > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/a5f437cf-7065-4f7b-93ea-4118d566c937%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
