Is wiki an effective platform for group course work

By Irina Elgort, Alastair G. Smith, J. Toland. 2008

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This study reports on students' and lecturers' perceptions of using wikis as a platform for conducting assessed group projects in two postgraduate Master's level university courses. The results highlight the fact that student attitudes to group work, in general, are mixed, and that the use of wikis per se is not enough to improve these attitudes. On the positive side, students found wikis useful for arranging information and sharing knowledge, while instructors thought wikis made managing and marking group work easier and more effective. Other issues related to using wikis as a collaborative learning tool in higher education are also considered.

Subfields: Communication, Information Systems

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1. Brian Fedorek
2. Adrian Kirkwood
3. Linda Price
4. N. Storch
5. A. Burke

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2. Adrian Kirkwood
3. Linda Price
4. A. Burke

Citations in the corpus

• Reviewing and exploring innovative ubiquitous learning tools in higher education (2019, background): “Instructors are still not sure of integrating Wikis in the classroom to allow effective collaboration (Elgort et al. 2008).”
• Technology-enhanced learning and teaching in higher education: what is ‘enhanced’ and how do we know? A critical literature review (2014, background): “For example, “whether wikis could facilitate collaborative learning and positively affect student attitudes to group work in the context of an assessed group project” (Elgort et al 2008, 196).”
• Does “flipping” promote engagement?: A comparison of a traditional, online, and flipped class (2017, methodology): “For example, Elgort et al. (2008) utilized the use of wikis in a class and found that most wikis encouraged student participation and group involvement.”
• Collaborative Writing in L2 Contexts: Processes, Outcomes, and Future Directions (2011, background): “and the Elgort et al. studies suggested that wiki collaborative activity may evoke new notions of authorship. Wheeler et al.’s study found that although students were happy to post their contributions to a wiki space for other group members to read, they were resistant to having their contributions ”