The Wiki way: quick collaboration on the Web
The Wiki way: quick collaboration on the Web
A Wiki Paradigm for use in IT courses
ITCC '05 Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing (ITCC'05) - Volume II - Volume 02
Is there a space for the teacher in a WIKI?
Proceedings of the 2006 international symposium on Wikis
Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age
Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age
Constructing text:: Wiki as a toolkit for (collaborative?) learning
Proceedings of the 2007 international symposium on Wikis
Using Wiki technology to support student engagement: Lessons from the trenches
Computers & Education
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This study aims at examining the effectiveness of applying wikis in tertiary-level English as a foreign language EFL classes. The use of wikis in English for specific purposes ESP course - Business English Writing - by undergraduate students in a university in China was investigated through data analysis of test results as well as interviews. Performance results on Business English Certificates BEC preliminary pre-test and BEC vantage post-test revealed that the experimental group significantly outperformed the control group in writing in the post-test. Interviews showed that students held a rather positive view towards the use of wikis in the ESP writing class and they favoured the tool mainly for its effect of enhancing their learning motivation and its function for collaborative learning. Still, a few students were not accustomed to this type of e-learning for varied reasons. Implications of the results are that wikis can benefit EFL learners by improving their writing skills in a collaborative environment.