## 5 Results  
Student feedback is a critical component in the development of the pedagogical value of the Geo-Wiki. At the end of term, anonymous course evaluations submitted directly to the department administrator are mandatory for all courses. In addition to the usual rating scales for a suite of predefined questions, there is a free form section asking what the student liked best about the course and what changes would be desired. Although nothing systematic can be discerned from these course evaluations, anonymous comments (approved for publication by the Office of Research Ethics at the University of Waterloo) and summary statistics are instructive. Future work will incorporate a structured questionnaire specific to this initiative to elicit responses to more specific questions about the pedagogical approach. Before the students filled in their evaluations, the professor specifically asked them to include comments about the Geo-Wiki when and if the student thought they would be appropriate as this would be a good venue to provide anonymous feedback. Teaching assistants then administered the evaluation. For the winter of 2013, in the Physical Geography class, students were given the single photo assignment noted in the previous section. Of the 63 students (out of a total of 110 evaluations) who entered comments in the section for writing on what they liked best about the course, seven cited the Geo-Wiki. Of the 61 students who had suggestions for change, eight made comments regarding the Geo-Wiki, which included (not corrected for punctuation or syntax):  
* not a very effective assignment choice. * easiness of Geo-Wiki. * often malfunctioned. * did not seem like a university level assignment. * no Geo-Wiki assignment\" (presumably for the future). For the winter of 2014 in the same Physical Geography class there were there were two assignments including the photo assignment (number one) and the multiple choice questions (number two). There were 102 evaluations in total. Of the 87 that contributed comments to the \"What did you like best about this course?\" section, 27 cited the Geo-Wiki. Comments included:  
* More Geo-Wiki! Great way to do critical analysis. * I enjoyed the Geo-Wiki assignments...
* The integration of the Geo-Wiki into assignments within the course. * I enjoyed the Geo-wiki assignments. I did experience some technical issues (...), however I enjoyed doing them nonetheless (especially taking pictures). * I like the innovation you showed by introducing us to Geo-Wiki. I admire the effort you clearly made to incorporate new technologies in the course that enhance our education. * The second Geo-Wiki assignment was an interesting exercise. * The geo-wiki assignment was creative and for the most part challenged us to apply Physical Geography to our world. Assignment 1 was fun! * The first Geo-Wiki assignment. It was very interactive. * The photo Geo-Wiki was really cool. * I think that the Geo-Wiki tool is great, it elaborates the course material. Students are able to involve in the real earth through geo-wiki. * Geo-Wiki assignment 2 was really neat. Another similar \"field course\" would be a great addition. Of the 74 who responded to the \"Would you like to see any changes to the course?\" section, 45 provided written comments about the Geo-Wiki. These included:  
* Geo-Wiki is an awesome tool, however the second part needs to be revised so answers are little more clear. * The second GeoWiki assignment was confusing because I found most of the questions were not covered in the reading that was provided. * The photo assignment was definitely interesting. * I would like to see the Geo-Wiki run more smoothly but its understandable why it didn't. * The first Geo-Wiki assignment felt purposeless. Most of my time used on it was spend waiting to find a decent photo rather than thinking about the geographical concept that applied to it. * More background info for Geo-Wiki assignment 2. * The Geo-Wiki site was a good addition to the course, however glitches such as the site crashing need to be fixed.