Attendees at our workshop had generally favourable opinions. More on the wiki-tivities model elsewhere (see, e.g, our presentation on the ALT-C website) and the abstract of the workshop

Some of the conclusions of our participant groups during the workshop:

• wikis can be used for icebreaker activities
• staff need to experience exemplary use of wikis in order to apply them for learning
• there needs to be a "gentle" introduction to having someone edit your text (perhaps a pairs exercise)
• when designing a wiki-tivity it is easy to "start big" and may help to redesign in a "smaller" way - perhaps a series of wiki-tivities in the same wiki rather than just one
• moderating/facilitation is just as important as in other online collaborative spaces

Comments from participants:
"I like something definite that students can work with."
"Although I hadn't come this afternoon intending to go back with anything, I have lots of ideas for the staff development course I run."
"The best session I've been to so far."