Project Report for: The affordances and constraints of wiki: A case study of university students’ interaction with wiki for group work management and documentation (Jan. 2010 – Jun. 2012); Small Project Funding [project code: 200907176184] (HK$52,600).
Project output:
Fu, H., Chu, S.K.W., & Kang, W. (in press). Affordances and constraints of wiki for primary-school students’ group projects. Education Technology & Society.
Chu, S.K.W., & King, R.B. (2012). Affordances and constraints of wiki for collaborative learning. Paper presented at 2012 AERA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Chu, S.K.W., Leung, C.K. & Lee, W.Y. (2011). Affordances and constraints of using Google Sites in a local secondary school setting. Paper presented at the International Conference on Addressing Student Learning Diversity 2011, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong.
Fu, O.H., Chu, S.K.W. & Kang, W.X. (2011). The affordances of wiki for primary-school students’ group project work. Paper presented at the International Conference on Addressing Student Learning Diversity in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Research activities
Data collection has been conducted parallel to the phases of the instructional design. Three major data collection
strategies used for this study are (1) mining of the information on the wiki pages created by the students,
(2) screen capture of a sample of interaction of students with the wiki platform, and (3) interview of selected
participants about their experience with using wiki.
A brief interview of about 5-10 minutes have been conducted regarding the students’ interaction with wiki. Sample questions include asking students about the features and functions of wiki that they found difficult to use and those that they found particularly useful for their collaborative group project work.
Data Analysis
The screen capture video and data capture from the wiki pages will be analyzed using NVivo 8.0. Multi-step coding have been done to establish themes, and concept mapping have been done to analyze the observed procedures and interactions. Upon identification of themes and codes, qualitative analysis have been followed by quantitative analysis of the themes and procedures using SPSS 17.0. Activity of input devices (mouse, keyboard), and actions (comments, revisions, added information, etc.) have been analyzed quantitatively. For all statistical tests, significance is set at p<0.05. Interview recordings have been transcribed and analyzed using NVivo 8.0.
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