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Models for Activities, Collaboration and Assessment in Wiki in Academic Courses
Hagit Meishar-Tal & Edna Tal-Elhasid
EDEN conference,Naples 2007
The Center for TechnologyThe Center for Technology in Distance Education in Distance Education
The OpenThe Open UniversityUniversity ofof IsraelIsrael
Background
The Open University of Israel (OUI):• The largest university in Israel
– 40,000 students, Aged 13 to 85
– 600 courses, B.A , M.A, M.Sc
•Distance Learning institution•A pioneer and a leader in the implementation of advance technologies to support learning• Incorporate a high level of self learning , moving towards collaborative learning
Wiki Project in the Open University of Israel
• Beginning: September 2005
• Participants: Students of more than 30 courses from all disciplines
• Purpose: To investigate the effectiveness of online collaborative learning at the OUI
Why Wiki ?
• Enables the creation of collaborative documents, co-editing and collaborative writing.
• Provides powerful assessment tools for the teacher and the researcher (history, user’s contributions,
comparison of versions)
Wiki Environment in English Course
Students’ edits
History Report
The study
• Scale: 16 courses, 1000 students
• Duration: 2006a, 2006b semesters
• Four aspects of the study: • Types of activities • Types of collaboration • Level of commitment (mandatory or optional)
• Modes of assessment
Types of Activities
דגמי שימוש בסביבת ויקי
5
2
5
4
0
2
4
6
עבודת חקרפתרון שאלותניתוח טקסטיםמאגר מושגים
םסי
רקו
ס' מ
GlossariesAnalyzing textsSolving questions Web inquiries
Num
ber
of
cour
ses
Types of Collaboration
Wiki allows the development of : • Collaborative products (co-operation): sharing
Individual’s learning products, making a shared web of knowledge
• Collaboration processes : co-editing and collaborative writing of content
• Peer assessment
The mode of collaboration depends on the instructional design
Types of Collaboration
11
23
Co-operation Co-editing
Collaborative writing
Peer assessment
Num
ber of courses
Commitment: Mandatory or optional ?
9.7%20.9%
91.5%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
EnrichmentOptionalMandatory
Non participating students
Students participating inWiki
Percentage of active students due to the level of obligation A
ctive students
Modes of Assessment
• Qualitative vs. Quantitative
• Group vs. Personal • Process vs. Product
Compare Selected Versions
Exercise 1
User Contribution Report
Conclusions
• Wikis are flexible and suitable for a wide range of collaborative learning activities
• The degree of obligation influences the level of participation
• The level of collaboration is influenced by both the instructional design, and the assessment criteria.
What Next ?
The role of the teacher in wikis: • The Instructional design of wiki activities• Managing an effective wiki learning activity• The influence of the above on student’s participation
and collaboration• Using data mining
Other WEB 2.0 tools for collaborative learning• Blogs• Second life
Thanks !
Hagit
Edna