Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Mashing-up wikis and forums: a case study of collaborative problem-based activity. |
| Authors: |
Ioannou, Andri, Stylianou-Georgiou, Agni |
| Source: |
Educational Media International; Dec2012, Vol. 49 Issue 4, p303-316, 14p, 2 Color Photographs, 3 Charts, 2 Graphs |
| Subject Terms: |
Threads (Computer programs), Computers in education, Educational technology, Collaborative learning, Group problem solving |
| Reviews & Products: |
Wikipedia |
| Abstract: |
A lot of studies have investigated the isolated use of threaded discussion and wiki technologies to facilitate collaboration in online learning settings. Nevertheless, the integration of both technologies into a potentially superior collaborative learning tool has not been explicitly investigated. This manuscript reports on an effort to undertake the merging and cooperation of wiki and threaded discussion technologies into a more sophisticated technology that better supports collaboration during problem-based activity in computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) settings. Two customized collaboration technologies were investigated for their affordances to support students’ cognitive processes and interactions during the construction of a group solution to an authentic problem. We found that one technology – WikiSplit – was particularly successful in promoting diversity of ideas (forum mode) while allowing learners to periodically update a group-owned document with syntheses of their emerging and shared understandings (wiki mode). We discuss how the integrated use of both a forum and a wiki, packaged together as one tool, can support and mediate desirable CSCL interactions during problem-based activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Complementary Index |