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E-learning versus MediaWiki
From previous experience using E-learning, once the server gets busy, the entire system is slow. Using Wikiversity and MediaWiki, the traffic of the server never seems to overwhelm the system and cause slow loading and sluggish performance. This increases the accessibility and reliability of MediaWiki. E-learning's information is only available for a semester and then whatever is posted is taken off. On Wikiversity, the information available on it is essentially ever-lasting so long as the user and Wikiversity continues to exist. Using E-learning, the user interface of the system was more cluttered and unorganized than Wikiversity. I believe that Wikiversity has a more user-friendly system. Learning to use MediaWiki was not difficult although typing in the mathematical formulas were very tedious. As for listing MediaWiki experience on a resume, this is a very minor thing. The MediaWiki software is not difficult to use. MATLAB experience, C++ programming experience or web page design experience are far better things to have and list on a resume. Also, a positive aspect of the wiki system is that anyone can edit the information provided by the wiki pages. This allows for universal editing, and accessing. MediaWiki allows for text, images, equations, video, and audio to be displayed on one page all at once, available for immediate use. E-Learning presents the media in file or link form. Text, equations and some images are commonly presented as Word documents on E-Learning. Video, audio and some images are presented as separate files, or as links to those files. Both E-Learning and MediaWiki can present any media type; they just differ on how it is presented. E-Learning has its advantages by presenting the material as files. Printing documents is simpler when they are already in document form, as opposed to trying to print a webpage. Also, if any of the video or audio files were wanted to be on an mp3 player or some other portable device, they can be moved quickly and simply with E-Learning’s file format.