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Using Wikipedia to enhance student learning: A case study in economics

机译:使用维基百科增强学生的学习:经济学案例研究

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Currently, there is widespread interest in how Web 2.0 tools can be used to improve students' learning experiences. Previous studies have focused either on the advantages of wikis or on concerns over the use of Wikipedia. In this study, we propose to use Wikipedia as a classroom wiki. In doing so, we discuss how students can improve their standard written assignments using Wikipedia instead of a module wiki. Compared to traditional essay assignments, students' submission of articles to Wikipedia can address many of the problems faced by instructors of traditional assignments, such as students' poor writing skills, lack of primary source research, and poorly balanced discussions. Our study was based on our experience in teaching an upper-level economics module at the National University of Singapore over two semesters: 121 students who were enrolled in semester 1 submitted a traditional writing assignment, while 124 students enrolled in semester 2 contributed two short entries to Wikipedia. The results showed a large increase in the number of students checking their assignment feedback. Further, students' writing quality improved noticeably in the Wikipedia assignment, and they were able to put forth more balanced discussions of relevant issues and include a greater number of primary sources. Despite the challenges faced when using Wiki markup language, the students enjoyed the overall experience.
机译:当前,人们对如何使用Web 2.0工具来改善学生的学习体验有着广泛的兴趣。先前的研究要么集中在Wiki的优势上,要么集中在对Wikipedia使用的关注上。在这项研究中,我们建议使用Wikipedia作为教室Wiki。在此过程中,我们讨论了学生如何使用Wikipedia而不是模块Wiki来改善其标准书面作业。与传统的论文作业相比,学生向Wikipedia提交文章可以解决传统作业的讲师面临的许多问题,例如学生的写作能力差,缺乏主要的来源研究以及讨论不平衡。我们的研究基于我们在两个学期在新加坡国立大学教授高级经济学模块的经验:第一学期入学的121名学生提交了传统写作作业,而第二学期入学的124名学生贡献了两个简短的条目到维基百科。结果表明,检查作业反馈的学生人数大大增加。此外,在Wikipedia作业中,学生的写作质量显着提高,他们能够对相关问题进行更加平衡的讨论,并包括更多的主要资源。尽管使用Wiki标记语言时遇到了挑战,但学生还是享受了整体体验。

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    《Education and information technologies》 |2016年第5期|1169-1181|共13页
  • 作者

    Tiago Freire; Jingping Li;

  • 作者单位

    International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an JiaoTong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Rd, Dushu Lake Higher Education Town, Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu 215123, People's Republic of China;

    Center for Economic Research, Shandong University, 27 Shanda Nanlu, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China;

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  • 关键词

    Writing; E-learning; Web 2.0; Wiki; Wikipedia; Higher education;

    机译:写作;电子学习;Web 2.0;维基;维基百科;高等教育;

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