aw2l 3.2 Conclusions

Conclusions

• Wiki methodology in big groups (15 students) showed a clear enhancement in quality (higher marks) with less overall time devoted to finish the work.

• Results for smaller groups were not clear, and performance using Wiki methodology seems to depend on other factors, which might vary among:
  • previous training using the Wiki technology,
  • motivation of the teacher to convince the students to give the new methodology a try
  • difficulties to attend meeting in person to discuss or write together the document.

• Students using Wiki methodology devoted less time than the ones using traditional methodology in the items: "writing the work", "exchanging files and other material", and in some cases, in "structuring" and "homogenisation of the style, markup, and content" of the work, as well as in "meetings in person".

• Students using Wiki methodology were more satisfied with the methodology for writing documents collaboratively than the ones with traditional methodology. those results came from the subject where bigger and more balanced data sets could be gathered to analyze answers from their surveys (AIA 0405).

• It is important that students who have to use Wiki methodology could previously receive a specific course to get used to Wiki methodology (no only to Wiki technology) through a slow, gradual and comfortable way, in order to extract the maximum profit out of their work whenever they have to use it at production level.