Using Wiki to Promote Collaborative Learning in Statistics Education

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" Using Wiki to Promote Collaborative Learning in Statistics Education "
Ben-Zvi, Dani

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	937282
Doc. No	:	LA6jv107c7
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Ben-Zvi, Dani
Title & Author	:	Using Wiki to Promote Collaborative Learning in Statistics Education [Article]\ Ben-Zvi, Dani
Title of Periodical	:	Technology Innovations in Statistics Education
Volume/ Issue Number	:	1/1
Date	:	2007
Abstract	:	This article attempts to make a strong case for the use of Wiki to support collaborative learning experiences for students in the statistics classroom. Wiki is an innovative Website that allows all users to add and edit content with relative simplicity. Wiki features empowered learners and bottom-up organization that enable easy authoring of Web content, open access and unrestricted collaboration. We first introduce statistics as a collaborative discipline and therefore compatible with Wiki as a collaborative learning space. We then show evidence that collaboration can improve the learning of individuals in the statistics classroom as well as the whole class. Finally we demonstrate how Wiki can facilitate collaborative learning and bring about instructional change to improve student learning of statistics. We present several types of Wiki-based activities: collaborative writing, glossaries, discussion and review, statistical projects, self-reflective journals, and assessment.