Learning styles and perceptions of student teachers of computer-supported collaborative learning strategy using wikis

Learning styles and perceptions of student teachers of computer-supported collaborative learning strategy using wikis

• Li, Kai Ming The Hong Kong Institute of Education

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 31(1), 32-50, 2015

ASCILITE

2015

• F Learning & Teaching
  • FD Application of Communicative Media, IT in Learning & Teaching

Cognitive Style Computer Assisted Teaching Computer Mediated Communication Cooperative Learning Learning Processes Social Constructivism Student Perceptions Student Teachers Teaching Process Wikis Postsecondary Education Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

This article reports the results of an attempt to integrate a collaborative technology, a wiki, into learning within a course in a teacher education program 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 studying a General Education (GE) course in a teacher education institute in Hong Kong participated in the 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.
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• English

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• 14495554

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2015-10-16