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A Cross-National Collaborative Wikipedia Project by US and Korean College Students A Cross-National Collaborative Wikipedia Project by US and Korean College Students

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June 26 2010 AATK 15 th Annual Conference St Louis MO Eunkyung Lee Rutgers University Jinsun Lee Old Dominion University ID: 904493

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A Cross-National Collaborative Wikipedia Project by US and Korean College Students

June 26, 2010AATK 15th Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO Eunkyung Lee, Rutgers University Jinsun Lee, Old Dominion University Young-mee Yu Cho, Rutgers University

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Agenda

Introduction: Pedagogy for Digital NativesWikipediaProject OverviewProject Outcomes: Benefits & BarriersSuggestionsThings to ConsiderReferences2

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Digital NativesYoung generation and new technologyToday’s students (K-college) represent the first generation that has grown up immersed in digital devices.

Digital Natives“native speakers of the digital language of computers, video games and the Internet” (Prensky, 2001)Digital Natives think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors (Digital Immigrants).They enjoy and prefer multi-tasking, random access (like hyperlinking), networking, and entertaining content.3

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Education for Digital NativesDilemmas in education

“…our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that of the pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language” (Prensky, 2001)New pedagogy making good use of digital tools is required to encourage Digital Natives to actively participate in learning processes.Five Cs in new pedagogy for Digital Natives (Bruns, 2008)CreativeCollaborativeCriticalCombinatory

Communicative

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Wikipedia Projects in EducationWikipedia projects facilitate students’ active involvement in class and promote their collaborative skills, imbuing them with a democratic process of knowledge production (Bruns, 2008; Kidd et al., 2009; Richardson, 2008).

Wikipedia-based projects in language courses effectively engage students in critical thinking and active reframing of their knowledge (Montgomery, 2008).5

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Wikipedia

How much do you know about Wikipedia?6

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Debate: Reliability of Wikipedia

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Experiments & VerificationProf. Alex Halavais (2004) at University of Buffalo has tested Wikipedia by creating thirteen errors on various posts on Wikipedia. Then, he observed whether and how quickly the errors would be fixed.

→100% were fixed within a few hours.The Denver Post (2007) graded Wikipedia by asking experts to review entries in their field of study. →Four out of five agreed their relevant Wikipedia entries are “accurate, informative, comprehensive and a great resource for students.”

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Introduction of Wikis

HistoryLaunched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001 Adopted wiki software (developed in 1995) that let any readers add, alter or delete web contentPopularity14 million volunteer-authored articles in 262 languages (English 52%, Spanish 19%, French 5%, Polish, German, Japanese 3%) More than 330 million visitors every monthOne of the top five most visited website in the world.

The English-language Wikipedia is the only noncommercial site in the top twenty sites for the US.

Main Features

Nonprofit-making site

Open participation (member/non-member can edit)

Creative Commons: Copyright Free

“Publish-then-Filter” model

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Brief ToursEdit tagHistory tag

Discussion tag10

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Project OverviewGoalsTo promote students’ learning by having them publish Korea-related articles on Wikipedia English

To foster interactive communication and mutual understanding of American students and Korean native studentsTo enrich the quality and the quantity of Korea-related articles on Wikipedia , whose articles seem to provide first-access sources regarding Korea worldwidePeriod: late March~early May, 2010Participants: 26 US students enrolled in “Korean Language in Culture & Society” course at Rutgers + 15 Korean students recruited from Ewha Woman’s UniversityEach group, composed of Rutgers and Ewha students, was required to collect data, write and edit a draft, and contribute an article to WikipediaInstructors:Young-mee Yu Cho, main instructor

Eunkyung Lee, wikiproject web management

Jinsun Lee, project design & wikipedia manual

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Wiki-Project Process

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WikispacesGroup page

Everyone can post/ editBrainstormingDraft writingDiscussions (Discussion tab)13

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Wikipedia TutorialRutgers Wikipedia Tutorial (45 minutes)Creating of Wikipedia IDHow to determine the subject on which to contribute

Wikipedia policies & WitiquetteWikipedia mark-up languagesHow to insert imagesHow to edit & post articles 14

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Publications on WikipediaTwo possible waysCreating new subjects

Editing and enriching existing subjectsWhich will be more beneficial for non-Korean Wikipedia visitors?This project focused more on editing and updating content under broadly defined subject categories dealing with Korea. 15

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Student Contributions to Wikipedia

16Revise the page of “Korean Name” by inserting a section

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Student Contributions to Wikipedia

17 Comparison with using “history tag”

The Student’s Revision

Current

Page (as of 12 June )

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Student Evaluation: BenefitsBest parts of the project

1. Interest in and satisfaction with Wikipedia publications“learning how to create and edit pages was most interesting”“it is fun to contribute something that many people will read”“the best part was finishing and seeing your edits on the actual Wikipedia page. It gives you satisfaction that you contributed and published something that everyone could see.”2. Critical thinking and learning“it is an effective and more interpretive way of learning new information”“it certainly improved my research skills, especially in Korean language and culture”

3. Communication and collaboration with new people

“working with students in Korea was new and interesting. “

“ I met new people and learned in depth about my culture”

“collaboration with students in Korea was very interesting; made you search harder to prove your point”

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Student Evaluation: BarriersWorst parts of the project

1. Lack of integration and schedule conflicts“If this group wiki page was connected to a (class) presentation, there would be more motivation”“I would recommend this project only if it did not coincide with final week”“If we were doing this project over a longer period of time with clearer directions”“[if] the teacher could guide us step by step.”2. Difficulties in cross-national communication“communication was a major issue in this project”“because of time difference…I think that was the large obstacle”

3. insufficient technical support

“the direction at the computer lab was very quick and hard to follow…there was nowhere to get help when we needed the help”

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Suggestions for Advanced ImplementationMore organized plan of the project

The project should be Integrated with the syllabus.Technical supportA technical session needs to be held at the beginning of the semester.Technical assistants are required through out.Group formationOne-on-one joint groups may be more effective than group-to-group collaborations to meet individuals’ needsPosting-then-editingPre-production on Wikispaces seems unnecessary. Students should be able to directly post their content to Wikipedia and revise/edit itAdvanced ways of cooperation with partner institutions in KoreaKorean director/coordinator is needed to recruit Korean members and provide them with detailed guidelines of the Wikipedia project.

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Remaining problems

Consider the different academic calendars of American & Korean collegesDevise a long-term plan to develop cooperation with partner Institutions in Korea cf. international, long-distance, (cross-credit) coursesMake use of a variety of communication channels (to include both asynchronous and synchronous): Skype, Google talk, Facebook, TwitterDevelop online and personnel resources to offer sufficient technical support to students 21

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References: Wikiprojects in class

Case study: Uses of wikispaces at Columbia Universityhttp://www.wikispaces.com/site/privatelabel/case-study-columbiaincluding the youtube conference video clips New Media in Education 2008 Conference hosted by the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching & Learning (CCNMTL) on Youtube (49:13)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul9YM7QZZis

 

Combined classes between English and Canadian students using wikispaces

http://flatplanet.wikispaces.com/About

 

Academic references regarding educational uses of wikis

http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Articles+and+Resources

 

Guideline for K-12 teachers

http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikiideas1.cfm

 

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ReferencesBruns, A. (2008). Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and beyond: from production to produsage. Peter Lang Publishing.Kidd, J., O’Shea P., Kaufman, J., Baker, P., Xiao Y., & Allen D. (2009). Traditional textbook vs. student-authored Wikibook: a quosi-experimental study of student attitudes and behaviors. Presented at the conference of American Educational Research Association.

Montgomery, C. (2008). Wikis in the World Language Classroom: transforming teaching, learning, & teacher preparation with technology. Retrieved on Jan. 22, 2010 from http://cmwikipaper.wikispaces.com.Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. On the Horizon, 9(5), Retrieved on Feb. 10, 2010 from http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdfRichardson, W. (2008). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, 2nd ed. Corwin Press.23