ERIC Number: EJ1057936
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 19
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Learning Styles and Perceptions of Student Teachers of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Strategy Using Wikis
Li, Kai Ming
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, v31 n1 p32-50 2015
This paper reports the results of an attempt to integrate a collaborative technology, Wiki, into learning within a course in a teacher education programme based on social constructivist learning theory. The current study aimed to explore student-teacher acceptance of the proposed pedagogy and to identify specific learning style preferences that might be favourable to accepting the proposed pedagogy. A total of 56 student teachers participated in this study. They completed a number of collaborative tasks using a wiki during the learning process, and were then invited to complete a questionnaire designed to solicit their perception on the usefulness of wikis and their attitudes towards using a wiki, and 39 of them also returned a learning styles inventory which was used to identify the learning styles profile of the student-teacher samples. The findings reveal favourable perceptions of the use of a wiki as a collaborative learning tool in the course. Qualitative data collected from open-ended questions also reflects similar favourable results. Active learners were also found to be significantly different from reflective learners in accepting the wiki as a learning tool.
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Student Teachers, Student Attitudes, Cooperative Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Web Sites, Web 2.0 Technologies, Questionnaires, Cognitive Style, Attitude Measures, Interaction, Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries, Likert Scales, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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