{"id":1805,"date":"2012-03-26T01:55:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T01:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2012-03-26T03:34:55","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T03:34:55","slug":"student-use-of-wikis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2012\/03\/26\/student-use-of-wikis\/","title":{"rendered":"Student use of wikis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Educational Researcher, a major AERA research journal, had a recent article summarizing use of wikis in K-12 settings. The authors have\u00a0already posted a summary<\/a>\u00a0so you do not have to be an AERA member to take a look. The one characteristic of the newer report I found to be unique was the attempt to different two categories of student wikis.\u00a0The general results seem very similar to previous research<\/a>. The new research suggests that student use of wikis is limited and that most student projects involve single student reports. The sources I have been citing suggest that about 9% of students author a blog or wiki and this new study reports a 20% level of student activity with the more highly valued long term, collaborative, multimedia projects involving only 1% of all wikis.\u00a0The new study promotes the use of data from large scale data warehouses. The authors had access to data from PBWorks.<\/p>\n

Access to large data sources can be great, but I wonder if results would vary as a function of the wiki tool. For example, if my school had access to Google docs for education, I think that I would approach shared “copy editing” and embedding multimedia (two of the activities pointing to the more desired use of wikis) quite differently than if I was using PBWorks. A Google docs document is essentially a wiki and assigning pairs or small teams to multiple wiki documents is relatively easy. PBWorks<\/a> might make more sense if the goal was a public document created over an extended period of time by a larger team from different schools. My point is that while a large dataset offers some advantages, a dataset focused on one tool also has significant interpretative limitations.<\/p>\n

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Educational Researcher, a major AERA research journal, had a recent article summarizing use of wikis in K-12 settings. The authors have\u00a0already posted a summary\u00a0so you do not have to be an AERA member to take a look. The one characteristic … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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