Re: [Wikiversity-l] Wikis in education

The article is very short, and it cites these 2 references: The State of Wiki Usage in U.S. K–12 Schools: Leveraging Web 2.0 Data Warehouses to Assess Quality and Equity in Online Learning Environments, by Justin Reich, Richard Murnane, John Willett, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, http://edr.sagepub.com/content/41/1/7.full?ijkey=SwQJtGJBQRXLU&keytype=… ("A recent research article about the uses of wikis in K-12 education is a welcome addition to understanding wiki use." -- according to the article you mentioned) and The Wiki Quality Instrument, by Justin Reich and the Distributed Collaborative Learning Communities Project, http://www.edtechresearcher.com/wiki-quality-instrument/the-instrument/ (which was a key tool in the article above) Main findings: "The researchers found that in education there was a pattern of wiki use which could be understood as four types of wikis: ‘(a) failed wikis, trial wikis, and teacher resource sites; (b) teacher-centred content delivery devices; (c) individual student presentations and portfolios with limited collaboration; and (d) collaborative student presentations and workplaces’ (p. 11)." "This research report is well worth reading and makes a significant contribution to further understanding online learning in education." -- perhaps especially because the full text of the article appears to be available for free (at least at the present moment). On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Leigh Blackall <leighblackall(a)gmail.com> wrote: