Reflection on Phone Wiki

The mobile phones wiki was an interesting task. I liked  De Bono's approach towards dissecting a topic. With the various coloured hats representing ideas and questions, I felt it allowed discussion to be multi-dimensional, adding flavour and shades of opinion, rather than neatly boxing a topic with a generalised statement. I suppose it is a reflection of life in general, nothing is black and white, and as educators in training, its important to teach with this in mind. How could this strategy support my learners? I think it covers most bases for supporting learning. In particular, the learning theories we spent some time on last week (behavourism, cognitivism, constructivism, and connectivism) are able to be implemented should I wish, as the phone wiki task does not exclude the possibility to use them. Constructivism and connectivism are the most obvious, as the wiki task supports their central ideas; personalised learning and creating/building connections repectively. Behaviourism and cognitism practices too, because the task allowed reinforced behaviours and the follow through of the cognitive process. The wiki is also a flexible platform for elearning, as all students participating have an equal opportunity to contribute, at a time of their choosing, regardless of location, and can also choose their level of invovement, thus allowing students to engage in the content, fostering greater awareness of their meta-learning. I certainly felt aware of this process as I completed the wiki and enjoyed that I could pinpoint these steps in my learning. Most beneficial to me was being able to read my peers comments, which highlighted some points for me that I had not considered. However I do feel that a downfall of the wiki (or student?) is that not all classmates have filled in the wiki and some students may miss a interesting point of view, due to lack of time to continuously refer back to the wiki.