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Title:
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USING WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES TO BUILD LEARNING COMMUNITIES |
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Author(s):
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Clive Buckley , Angela Hastings , Richard Mottershead |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-78-2 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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2 |
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Keywords:
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Web 2.0, Wiki, Community, Undergraduate, Problem-based Learning, Collaboration |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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111 |
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Last Page:
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114 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Web 2.0 technologies, such as wiki pages, have the potential to facilitate the formation of on-line communities of
learning, especially useful when participants in that community are geographically dispersed and living in remote areas.
This paper describes the authors work with undergraduate health studies students tasked to work collaboratively on a
problem-based learning (PBL) project in which the students use wiki pages to share ideas and resources. The study
examines how different groups of students make use of the wiki facility in terms of the level and nature of contribution.
Work to date suggests that students readily adapt to the on-line community and, given sufficient instruction, utilize the
wiki pages to work together constructively. Evidence indicates that, provided tutors are supportive and provide
encouragement, the level of wiki activity is independent of whether contributions are formally assessed or not, however,
the language style adopted by students does change when their work is being assessed. When the contributions are not
assessed, students adopt a very informal language, reminiscent of the language used in instant messaging and SMS
texting; when the work is assessed, students revert to the more formal language of the traditional classroom. |
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