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Wiki’d! Student appreciation of Wikipedia / use of wikis in creating group reports in economics

Wiki’d! Student appreciation of Wikipedia / use of wikis in creating group reports in economics. Nick Butler n.butler@kingston.ac.uk Julian Wells j.wells@kingston.ac.uk School of Economics. Introduction: what’s a wiki?. Everyone ‘knows’ Wikipedia

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Wiki’d! Student appreciation of Wikipedia / use of wikis in creating group reports in economics

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  1. Wiki’d!Student appreciation of Wikipedia / use of wikis in creating group reports in economics Nick Butler n.butler@kingston.ac.uk Julian Wells j.wells@kingston.ac.uk School of Economics

  2. Introduction: what’s a wiki? • Everyone ‘knows’ Wikipedia • to be an encyclopædia, written and editedcollectively • Not everyone knows what a wiki is • or even that Wikipedia is merely a particular wiki • Wikis • ‘a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language’ • ‘Wiki’ article from Wikipedia • In other words, a generic software category

  3. Two common problems: 1 Wiki-plagiarism Cut-and-pastefrom Wikipedia — and elsewhere, of course More generally Failure to address resources critically

  4. Two common problems: 2 Group work … ● Monitoring and assessing individual contributions ● Organising collaboration Economics has form here: Rob Watkins’ handbook for the HEA Economics Network … in skills modules A Foundation in Economics EC1228 Applied Economics Workshop AP2178

  5. ‘Common’ = ‘frequent’ and = ‘related’ • Plagiarism • makes life easy • which is also motive for free-riding in group work • and they don’t know/understandabout Wikipedia structure/process • Collaboration • is hard • students’ life and business skills have not matured • and because of complex extra-educational commitments

  6. Hence, a common solution • One forked project • with two prongs • ● Appreciating Wikipedia • ● Using wikis to prepare coursework • covered over two courses ... • ... and two years • Using MediaWiki ... • software driving Wikipedia • ... NOT StudySpace wiki engine

  7. A Foundation in Economics • Assignment 1 • ● My profile ● My favourite book • test of written English • ● Plagiarism ● Harvard referencing • will be required for all u/g economists at Level 4 • Assignment 3 • Group project • including Wikipedia appreciation • full field Applied Economists only, to start • roll out to the entire level 4 cohort in 2010/11

  8. Why wikis? • wikis ... • Mediate and record • Assignment 1 • ● composition ● tutor feedback● student response • Assignment 3 • ● individual contribution ● collaboration • Eliminate paper shuffling • Ease assessment • Pinpoint plagiarism • in group work

  9. Why MediaWiki? • Look-and-feel of ‘real’ wiki • credibility • Better features • Discussion pages, not comments • Formatting for references, etc. • Introduction to ‘proper’ computing • Use of mark-up language

  10. Preliminary results 1 Students don’t get it (easily) It’s not • a blog • an appointment book • e-mail• a receptacle for Word documents • etc.

  11. It is a space where one can compose / edittext in a pre-set format Notion of collective production often absent Hence Wikipedia appreciation first? Preliminary results 2

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