Off campus students' experiences collaborating online, using wikis

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ID19514732
AutoresDebbi Weaver (0000-0001-7560-2872, Swinburne University of Technology), Shane Viper (Swinburne University of Technology), Jennifer Latter (Swinburne University of Technology), Paul McIntosh (Swinburne University of Technology), P Craig McIntosh
Año2010
Volumen26
Número6
Fecha de publicación2010-10-26
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAustralasian Journal of Educational Technology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1449-3098 • E-ISSN: 1449-5554
EditorialAustralasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (PUBLISHER • NZ)
DOI10.14742/ajet.1046
OpenAlexW2122668831
IdiomaEN
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Referencias citadas4

An online group work project for off campus students, using wikis as the collaboration platform, has been conducted successfully for several years. Students were given the opportunity and technical means to collaborate, and staff could assess individual students' participation. However, the actual level of collaboration was less than hoped for, especially in early iterations of the unit. While the teaching staff are confident that, for the overall student cohort, collaborating online using a wiki is meeting the needs of most students, this is varied across the diverse cohort. To gain further insight into the internal machinations of student groups, selected students were invited to submit their experiences of their wiki project. This paper reports the personal stories of two off campus students, and compares the experiences described by our students with the teaching staff members' perceptions. The two students featured were selected not just for their articulate writing, but because their group experiences were quite different. Considering these students' experiences has allowed the teaching staff to reflect on how to better support our students during their group project

Group work · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods · Medicine · Psychology · Web and Library Services · Wikis in Education and Collaboration

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