Difference between revisions of "Michael's Projects"
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==[[Convivial Help Sites]]== | ==[[Convivial Help Sites]]== | ||
| − | The word "tool" in its broadest sense includes objects designed to help us learn, such as books | + | The word "tool" in its broadest sense includes objects designed to help us learn, such as books or websites designed to help the user. There exist a great many sites that provide all sorts of help in virtually any field of activity. The main types of help website are listed below: |
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_help Online help] generally refers to guided assistance to a user of a software product | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_help Online help] generally refers to guided assistance to a user of a software product | ||
*A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_site review site] prevents reviews about products or services, posted either by professional writers or by site users (see also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rating_sites rating sites]) | *A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_site review site] prevents reviews about products or services, posted either by professional writers or by site users (see also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rating_sites rating sites]) | ||
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*A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] is a collaborative website which allows any user to create or to edit the web pages making up the site | *A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] is a collaborative website which allows any user to create or to edit the web pages making up the site | ||
| − | The "convivial tool" is one which increases the user's autonomy, augmenting their ability to solve their own problems. While providing help is thus a convivial activity in itself, most help websites are far from being "convivial" since their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability usability] is generally low. Anyone who has searched for answers | + | The "convivial tool" is one which increases the user's autonomy, augmenting their ability to solve their own problems. While providing help is thus a convivial activity in itself, most help websites are far from being "convivial" since their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability usability] is generally low. Anyone who has searched for answers in an online [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_forum forum] knows that this experience can resemble searching for a needle in a haystack. Another general problem with help websites is that the information presented is too often untrustworthy, because of the bias or ignorance of the contributors (on a forum one will often find ten wrong anwsers for each right one). |
