Mentoring via a wiki
December 15 2009, 5:38 AM
I have started an internal experiment at work whereby i am mentoring
someone in another country via a wiki. The idea arose because we were having problems finding time to get
together. Supporting the idea was the need to document the sessions in
order to allow others to share or participate in the discussion. A wiki
allows us to do this. We use an internal wiki at IBM based on the Lotus software platform. We
have a few pages dedicated to various subects. On each page he can write
down questions. I am subscribed to the pages. When i see his question, i
can add an answer. That's'the net of it. The other obvious benefit is that if someone else asks me a question i can
just point them to the wiki! ;)
someone in another country via a wiki. The idea arose because we were having problems finding time to get
together. Supporting the idea was the need to document the sessions in
order to allow others to share or participate in the discussion. A wiki
allows us to do this. We use an internal wiki at IBM based on the Lotus software platform. We
have a few pages dedicated to various subects. On each page he can write
down questions. I am subscribed to the pages. When i see his question, i
can add an answer. That's'the net of it. The other obvious benefit is that if someone else asks me a question i can
just point them to the wiki! ;)