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Models for Activities, Collaboration and Assessment in Wiki in Academic Courses

The Open University of Israel. The Center for Technology in Distance Education. Models for Activities, Collaboration and Assessment in Wiki in Academic Courses. Hagit Meishar-Tal & Edna Tal-Elhasid EDEN conference,Naples 2007. Background. The Open University of Israel (OUI):

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Models for Activities, Collaboration and Assessment in Wiki in Academic Courses

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  1. The OpenUniversityofIsrael The Center for Technology in Distance Education Models for Activities, Collaboration and Assessment in Wiki in Academic Courses Hagit Meishar-Tal & Edna Tal-Elhasid EDEN conference,Naples 2007

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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)

  5. Wiki Environment in English Course

  6. History Report Students’ edits

  7. 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

  8. Types of Activities Number of courses Web inquiries Solving questions Analyzing texts Glossaries

  9. 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

  10. Types of Collaboration 11 Number of courses 3 2 Peer assessment Co-editing Collaborative writing Co-operation

  11. Commitment: Mandatory or optional? Percentage of active students due to the level of obligation Active students

  12. Modes of Assessment • Qualitative vs. Quantitative • Group vs. Personal • Process vs. Product

  13. Compare Selected Versions Exercise 1

  14. User Contribution Report

  15. 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.

  16. 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

  17. Thanks! Hagit hagitta@openu.ac.il Edna ednata@openu.ac.il

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