Measuring Collaboration in Educational Wikis â?? A Methodological Discussion

Authors

  • Hagit Meishar-Tal The Open University of Israel
  • Edna Tal-Elhasid The Open University of Israel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v3i1.750

Keywords:

wikis, collaboration, collaborative learning, methodology.

Abstract


Measuring the collaboration in collaborative learning scenarios is important for assessment and research purposes. This paper describes the methodology developed in the Open University of Israel (OUI) to measure collaboration among students in wikis. It opens with an overview of the methods used to measure collaboration in Wikipedia, proceeds with explaining why these methods are not suitable enough for measuring collaboration in an educational wiki setting, and concludes by presenting a new method for measuring collaboration in educational wikis.

Author Biographies

Hagit Meishar-Tal, The Open University of Israel

Hagit Meishar Tal (PhD) is a member of Chais (Research Center for the Integration of Technology) in Education, and a member of SOHAM (Center for the Implementation of Technologies in Distance Learning) pedagogical staff in the Open University of Israel (OUI). Hagit teaches at the MA program in Education in the OUI. She specializes in online collaborative learning pedagogies and practices, and led the implementation of wikis in the OUI. Hagit hold a PhD degree from Haifa University. Her dissertation title: 'The Internet and Social Space: Globalization, Networking and Virtualization'.

Edna Tal-Elhasid, The Open University of Israel

Edna Tal-Elhasid is the head of the Instructional Design Group at "Shoham" - The Center for Integrating Technology in Distance Education at the Open University of Israel. She is a member of "Chais" - Research Center for Integration of Technology in Education at the Open University of Israel. Her main areas of interest are: Open Educational Resources and Open e-books, Online Collaborative Learning and Web 2.0 for distance and higher education, Social network, Online Teaching & Learning. Most of her papers are refer to the use of Wiki at the Open University of Israel.

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Published

2008-12-09

How to Cite

Meishar-Tal, H., & Tal-Elhasid, E. (2008). Measuring Collaboration in Educational Wikis â?? A Methodological Discussion. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 3(1), pp. 46–49. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v3i1.750

Issue

Vol. 3 (2008): Special Issue: ICL2008

Section

Special Focus Papers