Developing wikis to foster web-based learning communities: an iterative approach

Augar, Naomi; Raitman, Ruth; Zhou, Wanlei

doi:10.1504/ijwbc.2006.011761

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“…In a language class, group cohesion is considered an important component of motivation and directly linked to performance in the L2 (Dörnyei, 1997). The collaborative nature of wiki work, together with the sense of ownership that wikis engender in their contributors thanks to their control over content and structure, make them valuable tools for connecting people online and nurturing Webbased communities (Augar, Raitman, & Zhou, 2006;Leuf & Cunningham, 2001). Two recent studies investigating the use of wikis in a L2 learning context have highlighted their role in creating 'a greater sense of community and collaborative learning than would have otherwise been possible' (Lee, 2010, p. 272) and in engendering a sense of belonging to a writing community (Turgut, 2009).…”

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Inpiazzaonline: exploring the use of wikis with beginner foreign language learners

Kennedy

Miceli

2013

Computer Assisted Language Learning

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Wikis are increasingly seen as useful tools for promoting active student engagement and collaborative language learning. Unlike most applications of wikis to foreign/ second language learning thus far reported on, ours concerns complete beginners. In this paper, we focus on our approach to and evaluation of the integration of wikis into our first-year Italian course with the aim of encouraging out-of-class practice and fostering students' sense of class community, right from the start of their learning. The evaluation showed that, although the students created several attractive and interesting pages, they did not appreciate the wikis as much as we had hoped: there were technical hitches, many found collaboration dynamics challenging, and most developed little interest in participating in a cross-campus online group. Our data analysis found no relationship between the students' perceptions of the wiki work and their gender, initial confidence or frequency of use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools. However, those who, on entering the course, placed greater importance on interaction with other students, and a sense of community in class, showed greater appreciation of the wiki experience. From these findings, we draw implications for improving our approach to integrating wiki work into our program.

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“…We initially put 9-11 students in each piazza wiki -a group size similar to that used in some successful cases reported on (e.g. Augar et al, 2006), although other studies involved smaller groups (e.g. Arnold, Ducate, & Kost, 2009;Lee, 2010;Mak & Coniam, 2008).…”

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Miceli

2013

Computer Assisted Language Learning

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“…For example, art students used a wiki to increase their interpretation and understanding of specific works of art (Buffington, 2008), multimedia design students used a wiki to display and share projects online (Chen, 2007), and graduate nursing students used a wiki to complete a project in community health (Ciesielka, 2008). Wikis can be used by teachers to aid learning through sharing and storage of digital information, and monitoring progress of student groups or individuals (Augar, Raitman & Zhou, 2006;Choy & Ng, 2007;Nicol, Littlejohn & Grierson, 2005) They have significant potential for accelerating collaboration among educators, researchers and students, however empirical research is limited.…”

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Wiki activities in blended learning for health professional students: Enhancing critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills

Snodgrass

2011

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<span>Health professionals use critical thinking, a key problem solving skill, for clinical reasoning which is defined as the use of knowledge and reflective inquiry to diagnose a clinical problem. Teaching these skills in traditional settings with growing class sizes is challenging, and students increasingly expect learning that is flexible and interactive. This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a blended method for teaching clinical reasoning using a wiki. Groups of undergraduate physiotherapy students presented a patient case to their peers in class and on a wiki. Evaluation included student surveys, focus groups, and online participation. Students were actively involved in the wiki (mean contribution of 21.0 web pages (IQR 7.5-34.5). Most students (74%) agreed the in-class sessions were valuable, compared to 48% for the wiki. From the educator's perspective, the wiki facilitated collaboration, ensuring demonstrated reasoning skills in class. Combining wiki with in-class activities enhances student collaboration and learning of critical thinking skills.</span>

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Emerging Technologies in Distance Education

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This chapter benefited greatly from the contributions of numerous people, most of whom I have never met. I would like to thank George Siemens for posting my question on searching for a definition of emerging technologies on Twitter and on his blog. I am also deeply thankful to all the individuals who answered that question. I also want to recognize the contributions of a number of authors whose work appears in this edited collection: Elizabeth Wellburn, B.J. Eib, and Alec Couros, who encouraged me to explicitly state the implications of "context" on the proposed definitions; Hagit Meishar-Tal and Andrew Whitworth, who highlighted the sociological aspect of the proposed ideas; and Bob Heller, who encouraged me to think more broadly about these technologies. Thank you all for contributing to this definition.

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Developing wikis to foster web-based learning communities: an iterative approach

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Inpiazzaonline: exploring the use of wikis with beginner foreign language learners

Inpiazzaonline: exploring the use of wikis with beginner foreign language learners

Wiki activities in blended learning for health professional students: Enhancing critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills

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