Off Campus Students' Experiences Collaborating Online, Using Wikis

Autor/inn/en	Weaver, Debbi; Viper, Shane; Latter, Jennifer; McIntosh, P. Craig
Titel	Off Campus Students' Experiences Collaborating Online, Using Wikis
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 26 (2010) 6, S.847-860 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Internet; Cooperative Learning; Personal Narratives; Open Universities; Units of Study; Nontraditional Students; Student Participation; Group Activities; Student Projects; Computer Mediated Communication; Computer Assisted Instruction; College Students; Student Attitudes; Instructional Effectiveness; Study Skills; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Web Sites; Electronic Publishing; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kooperatives Lernen; Erlebniserzählung; Offene Universität; Lerneinheit; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Gruppenaktivität; Schulprojekt; Computerkonferenz; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Unterrichtserfolg; Studientechnik; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Web-Design; Elektronisches Publizieren; Australien
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9367-1133; e-mail: info@ascilite.org.au; Web site: http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10