Can wiki's be used to transform student learning
From my analysis on wiki I conclude that using a Wiki in teaching business and maths has potential. In mathematics and business I would like to see wiki's used to support learning in the following ways:
- Home assignments can be done collaboratively on the Internet, with the wiki serving as an online documentation of the groups work, I would check work and progress and assist if necessary.
- Students can discuss and work on key mathematical concepts with children from all over the world. I would have a mathematical concept and have the children each write ideas and research of where this concept is applied in the world. There may be a vast difference in ideas of the use of statistics in Africa to Australia. Children in Africa may use statistics to investigate how many goats they loose to the local Lion. Children in Queensland may use statistical data to establish whether the river will rise to a level that may flood their homes.
- Wiki can be used to do analysis of business terminology, ie a PMI on each of the different legal business entities that are avoidable to start a new business. The could even request an auditor from an audit firm to assist with their ideas and practical experience.
- A wiki can be used as a presentation tool in place of conventional software, and students
are able to directly comment on and revise the presentation content. (Parker & Chao, 2007)
of collaboration by means of technology to augment education and research (Augar, Raitman, &
Zhou, 2004).
References
Augar, N., Raitman, R. & Zhou, W. (2004). Teaching and learning online with wikis. Proceedings of the
21st Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Conference,
Perth: December 5-8, 95-104. Retrieved 14 April from
http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/procs/pdf/augar.pdf
Parker, K. R., & Chao, J. T. (2007). Wiki as a Teaching Tool. Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects , 3, 67.
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