Evaluating Types of Students' Interactions in a Wiki-Based Collaborative Learning Project

Autor/in	Prokofieva, Maria
Titel	Evaluating Types of Students' Interactions in a Wiki-Based Collaborative Learning Project
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 29 (2013) 4, S.496-512 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Technology; Interpersonal Communication; Statistical Analysis; Multivariate Analysis; Collaborative Writing; Case Studies; Mixed Methods Research; Graduate Students; Interviews; Editing; Prior Learning; Computer Literacy; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Unterrichtsmedien; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Statistische Analyse; Multivariate Analyse; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Redaktion; Textbearbeitung; Vorkenntnisse; Computerkenntnisse; Australien
Abstract	Wiki technology has been promoted as a collaborative software platform. This study investigates interactions that occur in a wiki-based collaborative learning project. The study draws on interaction literature and investigates the types of interactions with which students are engaged in wiki-based group projects, clusters that reflect online interaction patterns and factors that affect students' interaction. The study employs a quantitative approach (principal component analysis, cluster analysis and Kruskal-Wallis test) and a qualitative approach (interviews). The results show that students' interactions online were of two types, student-content and student-student, with student-content interaction being dominant. An increase in online interaction was driven mainly by an increase in student-content interaction, while student-student interaction increased to a certain level and then stayed the same. The study also discusses factors that influenced both types of interaction and suggests guidelines on how student-student interaction can be encouraged. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10