<b>Collaborative Learning in a Wiki Environment: Experiences from a software engineering course</b>

Minocha, Shaíley; Thomas, Pete

doi:10.1080/13614560701712667

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“…Chao (2007) reported very positive feedback from students and found that the use of online tools enhanced both collaboration and communication within student teams. Similar findings were reported by Minocha and Thomas, (2007) where wikis were found to stimulate creativity and encourage cooperative learning.…”

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Updating Assessment Styles: Website Development Rather Than Report Writing for Project Based Learning Courses

Brown¹

2017

2017 Fall AEE Journal

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While teaching methods tend to be updated frequently, the implementation of new innovative assessment tools is much slower. For example project based learning has become popular as a teaching technique, however, the assessment tends to be via traditional reports. This paper reports on the implementation and evaluation of using website development as an assessment tool for a project based learning course. A questionnaire was used to gain student feedback in a first year engineering course where the website based assessment tool was introduced. It was found that developing a website rather than writing a report was not an onerous task for the majority of students, it allowed the students to be more creative and the students enjoyed the experience. Initial concerns with potential bias towards those that were studying computing were unfounded and in fact the students not studying computing reported that it was easier than those with a computing background. The website allowed the students to apply their visual communication skills, be more

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Section: Introductionsupporting

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Updating Assessment Styles: Website Development Rather Than Report Writing for Project Based Learning Courses

Brown¹

2017

2017 Fall AEE Journal

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“…On the other hand, Minocha and Thomas (2007) reported that students did not mind critiquing others' work, but the nature of the critical reviews was not perceived as being positive by some of the students. Furthermore, Meishar-Tal and Gorsky (2010) indicated that in accord with previous research, students most frequently add content to a wiki rather than delete existing text; and contrary to previous research, students modify existing texts to a greater extent than previously reported.…”

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“…The research literature also reports on the inappropriateness of existing wiki tools for collaboration. For example, Minocha and Thomas (2007) pointed out that is there is a need to support the dis-cussion aspects of collaborative activities with more appropriate tools. Finally, another potential drawback of wikis is that they allow a user to change the content of a Website.…”

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A Collaborative Writing Approach to Wikis: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Hadjerrouit

2011

IISIT

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Wikis provide teachers with potentially significant opportunities for creating socially engaged tasks that require active student participation and collaboration. Wikis allow students to work together to develop content on the web, giving them a sense of how writing can be carried out collaboratively. Collaborative writing offer opportunities not only to practice literature review, academic reading and writing, but also to stimulate reflection, knowledge sharing, and critical thinking. However, despite the potential capabilities of wikis, true collaborative writing does not work by itself as the research literature clearly reveals. To foster collaborative writing, participation, and active involvement in wiki development, there is a need for a systematic approach to the construction of wikis. The aim of this paper is to allow students to develop wiki applications using a collaborative writing development approach based on rapid prototyping. The paper also reports on the evaluation of the approach by means of qualitative data collection and analysis methods. Finally, the implications of the approach for collaborative writing are critically discussed according to a set of requirements associated with software development considerations and pedagogical issues.

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“…As an example of the focus on outcomes of use, Minocha and Thomas (2007) presented a wiki environment focusing on collaborative development of a requirements analysis document (for software engineering) using a model that required self management of student wiki activities, so as not to increase tutor workload. O'Neill (2005) focused on explaining wikis from a technical standpoint without contesting the underlying assumptions of wiki usage.…”

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The wiki way of learning

Ruth

Houghton

2009

AJET

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This paper presents the argument that the use of wikis in a learning environment involves a different way of thinking, learning and knowing than perhaps many practitioners are familiar with. In particular, wikis foster collaborative, egalitarian learning that is designed to foster group interaction instead of just individual performance. Moreover, wiki based learning involves community ideals and challenging modes of interaction for both learners and instructors. The paper begins by summarising the wiki way of learning. It presents a recent study conducted in a classroom environment into how students conceptualised wiki use and uses a case study of a course in mobile workforce technologies to present the basis for a wiki pedagogy. The paper concludes with a discussion on the both the practical and theoretical implications of using wikis in a tertiary education environment.

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Collaborative Learning in a Wiki Environment: Experiences from a software engineering course

Cited by 107 publications

References 9 publications

Updating Assessment Styles: Website Development Rather Than Report Writing for Project Based Learning Courses

Updating Assessment Styles: Website Development Rather Than Report Writing for Project Based Learning Courses

A Collaborative Writing Approach to Wikis: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

The wiki way of learning

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