Randy Binondo

Next to e-learning, CITE Wikipedia will become the buzz word among the students and a tool they can do without.

This “virtual site,” as its proponent Mr. Roy Zapata puts it, will become the home of the e-learning modules produced by CITE for its students and the information gateway for internal communication among the staff.

Almost two years in the making, it is designed after Wikipedia as a one-stop-shop information resource center. Wiki, a native Hawaiian word for “quick”, will lend its new meaning to information right under the fingertips.

Blink! gets a quick chat with CITE Wiki's programmer, Randy Binondo an EM-turned-IT graduate of CITE.

Blink: Anything new with this “CITE Wikipedia”?

Randy: It's collaborative. We can accumulate all the content and they can be enhanced and edited by different authors.

Blink: How secure is it?

Randy: It is secure although it is designed to show the source code.

Blink: How is the conversion going?

Randy: We are converting Safety, Mechanical and Elex modules.

Blink: Are we not spoonfeeding the students?

Randy: Not actually. It's now easy for the students to get resources. It's only their references.

Blink: Have you any foreseen problems?

Randy: Something to do with the content especially on the copyright of content and proper referencing.

Blink: How do you see this site down the road?

Randy: All will be dependent on this site. It's like you can't start the day without opening the CITE Wiki.

Blink: Are we ready for this?

Randy: I think yes.

Blink: What makes you proud of this project?

Randy: It (will) improve the ways of doing things for the staff and students.