Students Experiences of Using Wiki Spaces to Support Collaborative Learning in a Blended Classroom: A Case of Kenyatta and KCA Universities in Kenya
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Date
2014
Authors
Nzuki, D. M.
Gitonga, Rhoda
Muuro, Maina
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Publisher
IST-Africa 2014 Conference Proceedings, Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-905824-43-4
Abstract
Wiki spaces are simply web pages that allow users to create, edit and
share each other’s work. This paper shares experiences from a group of students who
were using the Wiki spaces in their course work. It attempts to use collaborative
knowledge building theory to evaluate the existing Wiki spaces practices in order to
inform stakeholders on the power of Wiki spaces in setting students on a knowledge
building trajectory. The respondents were 150 university students from Kenyatta and
KCA universities in Kenya whose lecturers had created Wiki spaces for collaborative
group tasks as part of their coursework during the September to December 2013
semester. More than 50% of the students found the Wiki spaces promoting the
various aspects of knowledge building such as reflective learning and propagating
idea diversity to be useful. This paper underscores the importance of Wiki spaces as
environments for positioning today’s students on a knowledge building track which
is a skill set requirement for the 21st century graduate.
Keywords: Wiki spaces, Collaborative knowledge building, Collaborative learning,
Students experiences.