Cooperative Learning At A Distance: An Experiment With Wikis

The merits of incorporating group work into learning environments are well established.  Online classes and other distance learning settings, however, can make it challenging to introduce traditional group projects.  Wikis use technology to facilitate group work in distance learning settings.  Wikis allow individuals in different locations to asynchronously post and edit content on a website to iteratively and cooperatively work toward a solution.  We describe wikis and their use in an online MBA managerial accounting class.  Student feedback on their experiences using wikis as well as instructor observations were mostly positive while negative comments were primarily administrative in nature and easily addressed.  In general wikis can be implemented in any business course using group assignments.  When using wikis for cooperative learning, the obstacles are minimal, but the potential benefits for students may be substantial.  These benefits include developing a sense of community, participating in peer-to-peer learning and using critical thinking and communication skills while still enjoying the convenience of working asynchronously in disparate locations

Breaking Barriers in Teaching and Learning

Foreword — Richard Badenhausen Introduction Breaking Barriers with Significant Student Learning Chapter One: Using Student-Generated Questions to Promote Learning — Barbara J. Millis Chapter Two: Innovative Discussion-Based Pedagogy — Leslie G. Kaplan Chapter Three: The Importance of the First-Semester Experience: Learning Communities and Clustered Classes — Susan E. Dinan Chapter Four: Linking Honors Courses: A New Approach to Defining Honors Pedagogy —Dahliani Reynolds, Meg Case, and Becky L. Spritz Breaking Barriers with Faculty Development and Teaching Excellence Chapter Five: Honors Components in Honors Faculty Development — Hanne ten Berge and Rob van der Vaart Chapter Six: Building and Enhancing Honors Programs through Faculty Learning Communities —Milton D. Cox Chapter Seven: The Honors Professional Development Portfolio: Claiming the Value of Honors for Improvement, Tenure, and Promotion — John Zubizarreta Chapter Eight: Teaching for Learning in Honors Courses: Identifying and Implementing Effective Educational Practices — Todd D. Zakrajsek and Janina Tosic Course Designs and Case Studies in Honors Teaching Chapter Nine: Constructing an Honors Composition Course to Support a Research-Based Honors Curriculum —Annmarie Guzy Chapter Ten: Growing Pains in Honors Education: Two Courses Designed to Build Community —Matthew Carey Jordan Chapter Eleven: HON 315: Perspectives on Twentieth-Century American Identity — Ken R. Mulliken Chapter Twelve: Bending Time and Space: Three Approaches for Breaking Barriers in the Honors Classroom — James Ford Afterword — Reading to Improve Teaching and Learning — John Zubizarreta Selected Book Resources / About the Authors / About the NCHC Monograph Serie

Conference Program: Interfaces, Intersections, and Gateways

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