Assessment of collaborative learning experiences by graphical analysis of wiki contributions

The widespread adoption of computers and Internet in our life has reached the classrooms, where computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) based on wikis offers new ways of collaboration and encourages student participation. When the number of contributions from students increases, traditional...

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Published in:Interactive learning environments 2014-08, Vol.22 (4), p.444-466
Main Authors: Palomo-Duarte, Manuel, Dodero, Juan Manuel, Medina-Bulo, Inmaculada, Rodríguez-Posada, Emilio J., Ruiz-Rube, Iván
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case Studies
College Students
Colleges & universities
computer-supported collaborative learning
Cooperative Learning
data visualization
e-learning assessment
Electronic Learning
Electronic Publishing
Evaluation
graphical analysis tool
Interactive learning
Learning Experience
Online instruction
Statistical Analysis
Visual Aids
Web Sites
wikis
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Summary:The widespread adoption of computers and Internet in our life has reached the classrooms, where computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) based on wikis offers new ways of collaboration and encourages student participation. When the number of contributions from students increases, traditional assessment procedures of e-learning settings suffer from scalability problems. In a wiki-based learning experience, automatic tools are required to support the assessment of such huge amounts of data. In this work, we present StatMediaWiki, a tool that collects and aggregates information that helps to analyze a MediaWiki installation. It generates charts, tables and different statistics enabling easy analysis of wiki evolution. We have used StatMediaWiki in a Higher Education course and present the results obtained in this case study.
ISSN:1049-4820
1744-5191
DOI:10.1080/10494820.2012.680969