TWEAK - Tweaking Wikis for Education and Advancement of Knowledge
Keywords:
learning, knowledge, wiki, schools
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Overview
This project develops new designs and models that balance learner exploration and negotiation with more goal directed efforts to bring knowledge advancement more up front in school subjects.
Aims
The TWEAK project has two interrelated goals. First, to match collectively oriented tools such as wikis with tasks that requires collaborative efforts. Secondly, to address the role of the teacher as a most vital force in designing and supporting activities conducive to knowledge advancement. We will:
- tweak wikis, adding prompts and different supporting mechanisms that facilitate concept development and domain specific vocabulary.
- facilitate the possibilities for teachers to participate in the wiki and the opportunities for more flexible interaction among learners.
Methods
Design experiments, agile development, extreme programming, recordings of teachers and students activities at school, interaction analysis.
Partners
Ullern Upper Secondary School
Stovner Upper Secondary School
Period of Duration
2007-2008
Outcomes
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