Blog v Wiki

There are many differences and similarities between blogs and wiki's. A blog is simply put as being a diary that is regularly updated where viewers can leave comments/suggestions on posts. A wiki on the other hand is a page that consists of several links leading to more webpages where various people can edit them. According to UNSW Sydney's article "Blog, Wiki, or Forum - which should you use?", one major difference between a blog and wiki is that on a blog, only the author can make changes while on a wiki, anyone that is given access to it can make changes. Due to the fact that new information is constantly surfacing, a wiki is always being changed and that causes dates to not mean as much, as opposed to a blog where dates play a crucial role. In today's networked world is really important to converge. There's always so many new ideas being presented around us and with all the advancements in technology to help spread these ideas, convergence is highly significant. Blogs can be used for collaboration by creating a blog list and including the blogs of other users and also through commenting on one another's posts. This allows the exchange of different thoughts and ideas, leading to more innovations. In NCBI's article titled "Wikis, blogs, and podcasts: a new generation of web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education" it states "Because of their ease of use and rapidity of deployment, they offer the opportunity for powerful information sharing and ease of collaboration." I think one new way wiki can be used is by converging with different social media platforms like Twitter or Instagram. This will create an outlet that will make information more accessible.

References

Boulos, Maged N Kamel, et al. “Wikis, Blogs and Podcasts: a New Generation of Web-Based Tools for Virtual Collaborative Clinical Practice and Education.” BMC Medical Education, BioMed Central, 15 Aug. 2006, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1564136/.

“Blog, Wiki or Forum - Which Should You Use?” UNSW Teaching Staff Gateway, https://teaching.unsw.edu.au/assessment-blog-wiki-or-forum-which-should-you-use.