attitude changes when using wikipedia in higher education
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‣Attitude Changes When Using Wikipedia in Higher Education
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Pernilla Josefsson, Olle Bälter Katarina Bälter, Stephanie BonnDepartment of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Karolinska InstitutetSweden
Media Technology and Interaction DesignKTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden
‣The Study
Was designed to: Evaluate the students´a/tudes before and a4er par6cipated in collabora/ve wiki assignments.
Result: A statistically signi,icant positive shift in attitudes (p<0.05)
The use of Wiki technology was perceived to add value
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Attitudes towards the use connected towards “human behaviour”
Background: Few studies report on how attitudes change in relation to using the technology in learning activities designed to match course goals.
Aim: A change occurred in students attitudes towards the use of a wiki as it was implemented in their learning environment.
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Included students from two different subjects 35 students invited -‐> 23 participate.
‣Description of the project
Williams College, Massachusetts, US
• Subject-‐introducing lectures about the course topics • Introduction lecture by the Wikipedia Campus Ambassador • The assignments strongly related to the learning outcomes
Winter semester 2013• In average, they had been using social media for 5.4 years. • 2.1 h/day on social media, (1.4 h primarily towards the app.) • Does social media support their studies?
The students:
The introduction:
5%
30%
13%
52%
“Yes”
“Not sure”
“No”
“Yes, but only when it is compulsory”
‣Example: A learning activity
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The students were asked to:
• Create a personal presentation page !• Solve different problems and comment on
another groups’ solution !• Solve the same problem, using different data
sets and comment on another groups’ solution
‣Methods
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Figure 1: Distribu6on of a/tudes towards the use of wikis in a learning situa6on.
Interviews
Data collection
Pre- and Post- questionnaires
Human behaviour: “De- personalized communication with people that don’t know each other very well tends to be awkward”
‣Weaknesses and strengths
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Technology and design: “Technology barrier for people who aren’t strong computer users”
Neutral: “I am not sure”
We asked: What weaknesses and strengths they perceived with the use of wiki.
Pre- and Post- questionnaires
Interviews
Data collection
‣Weaknesses and strengths
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Figure 3: Strengths of using wiki in a learning situa6on.
Figure 2: Weaknesses of using wiki in a learning situa6on.
‣Weaknesses and strengths
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Figure 3: Strengths of using wiki in a learning situa6on.
Figure 2: Weaknesses of using wiki in a learning situa6on.
‣Weaknesses and strengths
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Figure 3: Strengths of using wiki in a learning situa6on.
Figure 2: Weaknesses of using wiki in a learning situa6on.
‣Interviews
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Openness: Perceived both nega6ve and posi6ve The value of the wri6ng process increased PermiCed feedback from others The absence of restricted groups
Confirmed the a/tudes from the ques6onnaires. => Expressed a cau6ous posi6ve view.
Interviews
Data collection
We asked: The students to elaborate on the use
3 Students
‣Data from the wiki
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Figure 4: Distribu6on of the number of edits made
in the wiki by all the course par6cipants.
Edits in the Wiki Number of edits more reliable than the sum of characters.
Data collection
‣Summary
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Karasavvidis (2010): modes of work and students resistance are important aspects to consider for understanding how students will perceive the wiki.
Confirms: Raman, Ryan & Olfman (2005): we saw a clear shi4 in a/tude towards being more posi6ve as the students gained more knowledge about the technology.
The results show a statistically significant positive change in attitudes (p<0.05) before and after use of the wiki technology.
Limita/ons: Small sample, short 6me for data collec6on
The aim: Explore students’ attitudes towards using wiki technology in their education.
How students a/tudes are connected to their percep6on of “human behaviour”.
Contributes: Serves as a basis for further explora6on concerning a/tude changes in student popula6ons.
‣@JPernilla
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Recently published: “An Educa6on in Facebook?: Higher Educa6on and the World´s largest social network.” Chapter 17: Role confusion in Facebook groups.
Next to come: • Students a/tudes towards the use of social media. • Teachers perspec6ve on the use of social media.
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