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WIKI IN ACTION:BEYOND CLASSROOM LIMITS
BEYZA YILMAZİstanbul,2010
• As this paper explores the relation between wiki and motivation then it is time to watch a video decribing wikis.
• http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english
Overview
This paper explored the results obtained from a class
consisting of 16 elementary students who attended a
ten week course in which a class wiki was used as an
instructional tool in the English Preparatory
Programme at Bahçeşehir University.
CLASS WIKIhttp://bahcesehira1y.pbworks.com
Sections
homework (edited by students)
students’ own pages (edited by students)
vocabulary journal
links compiled by the students and the instructor
sections requiring the students to communicate with people outside the class
sections requiring the students to work together & report their findings
error correction pages
Purpose of the study
to find out the relationship between the particular use of a web tool, wiki, and the motivation levels of the students
to reflect upon the relationship between wiki use, and motivation of the students
to find out the activities the students enjoyed doing most and the ones they disliked for the improvisation of the researcher’s wiki design
Research Questions
Does the particular use of wiki motivate EFL learners in the Preparatory Programme at Bahçeşehir University, İstanbul?
Which wiki activities do the learners find less motivating?
Which wiki activities do the learners find more motivating? Which ones do they like most?
What can be done in order to improve the use of wiki in order to make it more motivating/ appealing to EFL learners?
What activities need to be added or changed into
the programme?
Subjectssixteen elementary level Turkish
EFL learners in Bahçeşehir University Foundation Programme,
gender of the subjects (11 M, 5 F) ages of the subjects (18-29)
SettingsBU EPPextra quota schedule
Method
instruments
an adapted questionnaire
interview questions
Data Collection Procedures
wiki tasks carried out by the subjects1 administration of the
questionnaire on the subjects
2 interviews3
Data Analysis Procedures
Quantitative Data
Manual Analysis
Qualitative Data
Content Analysis&Pattern Coding
(Miles &Hubermann,1980) techniques
Resultsideas of EFL students about the particular wiki use as a motivating tool
findings parallel to the hyphothesis
activities found motivating by the subjects
findings parallel to the hyphothesis to some extent
activities found less motivating by the subjectsstorytelling
activities suggested by the subjects:online exercises and quizzes animationschat optioninviting other people to write sentences in the vocabulary journal sectionkeeping a learning diaryessay writing activities video tutorials
CONCLUSION
• The responses from the survey and the interviews supported the researcher’s main hyphothesis claiming that students find the researcher’s particular use of wiki motivating.
• They also revealed three aspects of wiki,interaction, enhancement of self confidence and having a real audience motivated the subjects.
• The findings also pointed out some deficiencies in the researcher’s particular wiki use.
ACTION TO BE TAKEN
In the light of the students’ overall responses to the questionnaire and the interviews,the researcher decided to improvise her class wiki use taking the factors emerged from this study which are the importance of interaction either written or spoken, realistic and relevant tasks,into account.
IMPLICATIONSImplications for teachersnew insights on this topic
further action research on wiki and motivation
some tips about wiki design
a clearer understanding of how wikis might best be used in language instruction to scaffold language learning after needs analyses
Implications for further research
conducting a research on different uses of wiki especially on the ones requiring students to use microphones and webcams
creating/adapting new PLNs based upon the results of this study and testing whether they increase motivation levels of EFL learners or not
conducting the research on learners having different proficiency levels
Screenshots of the class wikiVocabulary journal section
Students Giving Advice to a Teacher from Brazil
A video and some comments underneath
How do you think wiki can be used in your own context?
CONTACT INFORMATION
@beyza
blog
http://beyzasfirstblog.blogpot.com