The Use of Wikispace in Engineering Education

Al-Kilidar, H; Johnson, C

The Use of Wikispace in Engineering Education

Al-Kilidar, H

Johnson, C

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Publisher:: The School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Austral
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, 2009, pp. 381 - 387
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Al-Kilidar, H https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4145-8486	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Johnson, C	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Kestell, DC	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Grainger, DS	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Cheung, PJ	en_US
dc.date	2009-12-06	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, 2009, pp. 381 - 387	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1 876346 59 0	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11391
dc.description.abstract	Wikispaces was piloted as an educational tool for improving teaching and learning at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales with class of 54 enrolled students. An active and self-directed learning approach was used in this subject based on interactive/ discussion-based lectures and tutorials, debates and presentations as well as private study. Students experiences and readings were to be reflected through contributions to class and wiki discussions to facilitate brain-storming, inquisitions and facilitate students' learning from each other. This paper reflects on the use of Wikispaces as a teaching strategy and presents results of students' responses to a questionnaire about the use of the wiki tool, and general teaching and learning of the subject. Analyses of responses suggested that students expressed positive experiences using wikispaces and that wikispaces correlated positively with students' performance.	en_US
dc.publisher	The School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Austral	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Annual Conference of Australasian Association for Engineering Education	en_US
dc.title	The Use of Wikispace in Engineering Education	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Adelaide, South Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Adelaide, South Australia	en_US
utslib.for	130306 Educational Technology and Computing	en_US
dc.location.activity	Adelaide, South Australia	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Professional Practice and Leadership
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Systems, Management and Leadership
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pubs.place-of-publication	Adelaide, South Australia	en_US
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Abstract:

Wikispaces was piloted as an educational tool for improving teaching and learning at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales with class of 54 enrolled students. An active and self-directed learning approach was used in this subject based on interactive/ discussion-based lectures and tutorials, debates and presentations as well as private study. Students experiences and readings were to be reflected through contributions to class and wiki discussions to facilitate brain-storming, inquisitions and facilitate students' learning from each other. This paper reflects on the use of Wikispaces as a teaching strategy and presents results of students' responses to a questionnaire about the use of the wiki tool, and general teaching and learning of the subject. Analyses of responses suggested that students expressed positive experiences using wikispaces and that wikispaces correlated positively with students' performance.

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