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Gorka Puente - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Wiki Scaffolding: Aligning Wikis with the corporate strategy
Information Systems, 2012Co-Authors: Oscar Díaz, Gorka PuenteAbstract:Wikis are main exponents of collaborative development by user communities. This community may be created around the Wiki itself (e.g., community of contributors in Wikipedia) or already exist (e.g., company employees in corporate Wikis). In the latter case, the Wiki is not created in a vacuum but as part of the information ecosystem of the hosting organization. As any other Information System resource, Wiki success highly depends on the interplay of technology, work practice and the organization. Thus, Wiki contributions should be framed along the concerns already in use in the hosting organization in terms of glossaries, schedules, policies, organigrams and the like. The question is then, how can corporate strategies permeate Wiki construction while preserving Wiki openness and accessibility? We advocate for the use of ''Wiki Scaffoldings'', i.e., a Wiki installation that is provided at the onset to mimic these corporate concerns: categories, users, templates, articles initialized with boilerplate text, are all introduced in the Wiki before any contribution is made. To retain Wikis' friendliness and engage layman participation, we propose scaffoldings to be described as mind maps. Mind maps are next ''exported'' as Wiki installations. We show the feasibility of the approach introducing a Wiki Scaffolding Language (WSL). WSL is realized as a plugin for FreeMind, a popular tool for mind mapping. Finally, we validate the expressiveness of WSL in four case studies. WSL is available for download.
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Int. Sym. Wikis - Wiki scaffolding: helping organizations to set up Wikis
Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration - WikiSym '11, 2011Co-Authors: Oscar Díaz, Gorka PuenteAbstract:Organizational Wikis are framed by an existing organization. This makes these Wikis be especially vigilant upon (1) facilitating the alignment of the Wiki with organizational practices, (2) engaging management or (3), promoting employees' participation. To this end, we advocate for the use of "Wiki scaffoldings". A Wiki scaffolding is a Wiki installation that is provided at the onset, before any contribution is made. It aims to frame Wiki contribution along the concerns already known in the hosting organization in terms of glossaries, schedules, organigrams and the like. Thus, Wiki contributions do not start from scratch but within a known setting. This paper introduces a language to capture Wiki scaffolding in terms of FreeMind's mind maps. These maps can later be mapped into Wiki installations in MediaWiki. The paper seeks to validate the approach in a twofold manner. Firstly, by providing literature quotes that suggest the need for scaffolding. Secondly, by providing scaffolding examples for Wikis reported in the literature. The findings suggest that Wiki scaffolding can be useful to smoothly align Wiki activity along the practices of the hosting organization from the onset.
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Int. Sym. Wikis - Wiki refactoring: an assisted approach based on ballots
Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration - WikiSym '11, 2011Co-Authors: Oscar Díaz, Gorka Puente, Cristóbal ArellanoAbstract:Wikis' organic growth inevitably leads to a gradual degradation of the Wiki content/structure which, in turn, may entail recurrent Wiki refactoring. Unfortunately, no regression test exists to check the validity of the refactoring output. Some changes, even if compliant with good practices, can still require to be backed by the community which ends up bearing the maintenance burden. This calls for a semiautomatic approach where "refactoring bots" interact with Wiki users to confirm the upgrades. This paper outlines this as follows. First, a refactoring bot detects Wiki degradation. Second, the community evaluates the severity of the degradation through voting. Finally, the refactoring bot takes control and enacts the appropriate changes, if so decided by the community. This lessens but does not exclude, the participation of the community. We aim at reducing the maintenance penalty that goes with the laissez-faire way that characterizes Wiki contributions.
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Int. Sym. Wikis - Model-aware Wiki analysis tools: the case of HistoryFlow
Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration - WikiSym '10, 2010Co-Authors: Oscar Díaz, Gorka PuenteAbstract:Wikis are becoming mainstream. Studies confirm how Wikis are finding their way into organizations. This paper focuses on requirements for analysis tools for corporate Wikis. Corporate Wikis differ from their grow-up counterparts such as Wikipedia. First, they tend to be much smaller. Second, they require analysis to be customized for their own domains. So far, most analysis tools focus on large Wikis where handling efficiently large bulks of data is paramount. This tends to make analysis tools access directly the Wiki database. This binds the tool to the Wiki engine, hence, jeopardizing customizability and interoperability. However, corporate Wikis are not so big while customizability is a desirable feature. This change in requirements advocates for analysis tools to be decoupled from the underlying Wiki engines. Our approach argues for characterizing analysis tools in terms of their abstract analysis model (e.g. a graph model, a contributor model). How this analysis model is then map into Wiki-implementation terms is left to the Wiki administrator. The administrator, as the domain expert, can better assess which is the right terms/granularity to conduct the analysis. This accounts for suitability and interoperability gains. The approach is borne out for HistoryFlow, an IBM tool for visualizing evolving Wiki pages and the interactions of multiple Wiki authors.
Oscar Díaz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Wiki Scaffolding: Aligning Wikis with the corporate strategy
Information Systems, 2012Co-Authors: Oscar Díaz, Gorka PuenteAbstract:Wikis are main exponents of collaborative development by user communities. This community may be created around the Wiki itself (e.g., community of contributors in Wikipedia) or already exist (e.g., company employees in corporate Wikis). In the latter case, the Wiki is not created in a vacuum but as part of the information ecosystem of the hosting organization. As any other Information System resource, Wiki success highly depends on the interplay of technology, work practice and the organization. Thus, Wiki contributions should be framed along the concerns already in use in the hosting organization in terms of glossaries, schedules, policies, organigrams and the like. The question is then, how can corporate strategies permeate Wiki construction while preserving Wiki openness and accessibility? We advocate for the use of ''Wiki Scaffoldings'', i.e., a Wiki installation that is provided at the onset to mimic these corporate concerns: categories, users, templates, articles initialized with boilerplate text, are all introduced in the Wiki before any contribution is made. To retain Wikis' friendliness and engage layman participation, we propose scaffoldings to be described as mind maps. Mind maps are next ''exported'' as Wiki installations. We show the feasibility of the approach introducing a Wiki Scaffolding Language (WSL). WSL is realized as a plugin for FreeMind, a popular tool for mind mapping. Finally, we validate the expressiveness of WSL in four case studies. WSL is available for download.
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Int. Sym. Wikis - Wiki scaffolding: helping organizations to set up Wikis
Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration - WikiSym '11, 2011Co-Authors: Oscar Díaz, Gorka PuenteAbstract:Organizational Wikis are framed by an existing organization. This makes these Wikis be especially vigilant upon (1) facilitating the alignment of the Wiki with organizational practices, (2) engaging management or (3), promoting employees' participation. To this end, we advocate for the use of "Wiki scaffoldings". A Wiki scaffolding is a Wiki installation that is provided at the onset, before any contribution is made. It aims to frame Wiki contribution along the concerns already known in the hosting organization in terms of glossaries, schedules, organigrams and the like. Thus, Wiki contributions do not start from scratch but within a known setting. This paper introduces a language to capture Wiki scaffolding in terms of FreeMind's mind maps. These maps can later be mapped into Wiki installations in MediaWiki. The paper seeks to validate the approach in a twofold manner. Firstly, by providing literature quotes that suggest the need for scaffolding. Secondly, by providing scaffolding examples for Wikis reported in the literature. The findings suggest that Wiki scaffolding can be useful to smoothly align Wiki activity along the practices of the hosting organization from the onset.
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Int. Sym. Wikis - Wiki refactoring: an assisted approach based on ballots
Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration - WikiSym '11, 2011Co-Authors: Oscar Díaz, Gorka Puente, Cristóbal ArellanoAbstract:Wikis' organic growth inevitably leads to a gradual degradation of the Wiki content/structure which, in turn, may entail recurrent Wiki refactoring. Unfortunately, no regression test exists to check the validity of the refactoring output. Some changes, even if compliant with good practices, can still require to be backed by the community which ends up bearing the maintenance burden. This calls for a semiautomatic approach where "refactoring bots" interact with Wiki users to confirm the upgrades. This paper outlines this as follows. First, a refactoring bot detects Wiki degradation. Second, the community evaluates the severity of the degradation through voting. Finally, the refactoring bot takes control and enacts the appropriate changes, if so decided by the community. This lessens but does not exclude, the participation of the community. We aim at reducing the maintenance penalty that goes with the laissez-faire way that characterizes Wiki contributions.
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Int. Sym. Wikis - Model-aware Wiki analysis tools: the case of HistoryFlow
Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration - WikiSym '10, 2010Co-Authors: Oscar Díaz, Gorka PuenteAbstract:Wikis are becoming mainstream. Studies confirm how Wikis are finding their way into organizations. This paper focuses on requirements for analysis tools for corporate Wikis. Corporate Wikis differ from their grow-up counterparts such as Wikipedia. First, they tend to be much smaller. Second, they require analysis to be customized for their own domains. So far, most analysis tools focus on large Wikis where handling efficiently large bulks of data is paramount. This tends to make analysis tools access directly the Wiki database. This binds the tool to the Wiki engine, hence, jeopardizing customizability and interoperability. However, corporate Wikis are not so big while customizability is a desirable feature. This change in requirements advocates for analysis tools to be decoupled from the underlying Wiki engines. Our approach argues for characterizing analysis tools in terms of their abstract analysis model (e.g. a graph model, a contributor model). How this analysis model is then map into Wiki-implementation terms is left to the Wiki administrator. The administrator, as the domain expert, can better assess which is the right terms/granularity to conduct the analysis. This accounts for suitability and interoperability gains. The approach is borne out for HistoryFlow, an IBM tool for visualizing evolving Wiki pages and the interactions of multiple Wiki authors.
Pascal Molli - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Distributed Wikis: A Survey
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 2014Co-Authors: Alan Davoust, Hala Skaf-molli, Pascal Molli, Babak Esfandiari, Khaled AslanAbstract:SUMMARY "Distributed Wiki" is a generic term covering various systems, including "peer-to-peer Wiki," "mobile Wiki," "offline Wiki," "federated Wiki" and others. Distributed Wikis distribute their pages among the sites of autonomous participants to address various motivations, including high availability of data, new collaboration models and different viewpoint of subjects. Although existing systems share some common basic concepts, it is often difficult to understand the specificity of each one, the underlying complexities or the best context in which to use it. In this paper, we define, classify and characterize distributed Wikis. We identify three classes of distributed Wiki systems, each using a different collaboration model and distribution scheme for its pages: highly available Wikis, decentralized social Wikis and federated Wikis. We classify existing distributed Wikis according to these classes. We detail their underlying complexities and social and technical motivations. We also highlight some directions for research and opportunities for new systems with original social and technical motivations.
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Distributed Wikis: a survey
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 2014Co-Authors: Alan Davoust, Hala Skaf-molli, Pascal Molli, Babak Esfandiari, Khaled AslanAbstract:'Distributed Wiki' is a generic term covering various systems, including 'peer-to-peer Wiki', 'mobile Wiki', 'offline Wiki', 'federated Wiki' and others. Distributed Wikis distribute their pages among the sites of autonomous participants to address various motivations, including high availability of data, new collaboration models and different viewpoints of subjects. Although existing systems share some common basic concepts, it is often difficult to understand the specificity of each one, the underlying complexities or the best context in which to use it. In this paper, we define, classify and characterize distributed Wikis. We identify three classes of distributed Wiki systems, each using a different collaboration model and distribution scheme for its pages: highly available Wikis, decentralized social Wikis and federated Wikis. We classify existing distributed Wikis according to these classes. We detail their underlying complexities and social and technical motivations. We also highlight some directions for research and opportunities for new systems with original social and technical motivations. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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XWiki Concerto: A P2P Wiki System Supporting Disconnected Work
2008Co-Authors: Gérôme Canals, Pascal Molli, Julien Maire, Stéphane Laurière, Esther Pacitti, Mounir TliliAbstract:This paper presents the XWiki Concerto system, the P2P version of the XWiki server. This system is based on replicating Wiki pages on a network of Wiki servers. The approach, based on the Woot algorithm, has been designed to be scalable, to support the dynamic aspect of P2P networks and network partitions. These characteristics make our system capable of supporting disconnected edition and sub-groups, making it very flexible and usable.
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XWiki concerto: un Wiki sur réseau P2P supportant le nomadisme
2008Co-Authors: Gérôme Canals, Pascal Molli, Stéphane Laurière, Esther Pacitti, Maire Julien, Mounir TliliAbstract:This paper describes the demonstration of the XWiki Concerto system. XWiki Concerto is a a P2P Wiki that supports mobile users. Each XWiki server is the network is extended with a replication manager that propagates local changes to remote servers and merges concurrent changes. The demonstration is based on a scenario in which different servers are used to concurrently edit a Wiki page. One of the servers is then disconnected from the network but continue to be used to edit the page. The different copies are then reconciliated when the server is re- conected.
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SWOOKI: A peer-to-peer semantic Wiki
CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2008Co-Authors: Charbel Rahhal, Hala Skaf-molli, Pascal MolliAbstract:In this paper, we propose to combine the advantages of semantic Wikis and P2P Wikis in order to design a peer-to-peer semantic Wiki. The main challenge is how to merge Wiki pages that embed semantic annotations. Merging algorithms used in P2P Wiki systems have been designed for linear text and not for semantic data. In this paper, we evaluate two optimistic replication algorithms to build a P2P semantic Wiki.
Jane Klobas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Wikis as Tools for Collaboration
Human Computer Interaction, 2009Co-Authors: Jane KlobasAbstract:Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, envisioned it as a place where “people can communicate … by sharing their knowledge in a pool … putting their ideas in, as well as taking them out” (Berners-Lee, 1999). For much of its first decade, the Web was, however, primarily a place where the majority of people took ideas out rather than putting them in. This has changed. Many “social software” services now exist on the Web to facilitate social interaction, collaboration and information exchange. This article introduces Wikis, jointly edited Web sites and Intranet resources that are accessed through web browsers. After a brief overview of Wiki history, we explain Wiki technology and philosophy, provide an overview of how Wikis are being used for collaboration, and consider some of the issues associated with management of Wikis before considering the future of Wikis. In 1995, an American computer programmer, Ward Cunningham, developed some software to help colleagues quickly and easily share computer programming patterns across the Web. He called the software WikiWikiWeb, after the “Wiki Wiki” shuttle bus service at Honolulu International Airport (Cunningham, 2003). As interest in Wikis increased, other programmers developed Wiki software, most of it (like WikiWikiWeb) open source. Although Wiki software was relatively simple by industry standards, some technical knowledge was required to install, maintain and extend the “Wiki engines.” Contributors needed to learn and use a markup language to edit pages, and even if the markup languages were often simpler than HTML, non-technical users did not find these early Wikis compelling. In the early years of the twenty-first century, a number of developments led to more widespread use of Wikis. Wiki technology became simpler to install and use, open source software was improved, and commercial enterprise-grade Wiki software was released. The not insignificant issues associated with attracting and managing a community of people who use a Wiki to share their knowledge were discussed in forums such as MeatballWiki (http://www.usemod.com/cgibin/ mb.pl?action=browse&id=MeatballWiki&ol did=FrontPage). The public’s attention was drawn to Wikis following the launch, in January 2001, of the publicly written Web-based encyclopedia, Wikipedia (www.Wikipedia.org). And Wiki hosting services and application service providers (ASPs) were established to enable individuals and organizations to develop Wikis without the need to install and maintain Wiki software themselves. By July 2006, nearly 3,000 Wikis were indexed at the Wiki indexing site www.Wikiindex. org, popular Wiki hosting services such as Wikia (www.Wikia.org) and seedWiki (www.seedWiki. org) hosted thousands of Wikis between them, and Wikipedia had more than four and a half million pages in over 100 languages. Moreover, Wikis were increasingly being used in less public ways, to support and enable collaboration in institutions ranging from businesses to the public service and not-for-profit organizations.
Kolski Darius - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Umsetzung, Herausforderungen und Akzeptanz von Wiki-Systemen in der veterinärmedizinischen Lehre – Umfragen unter Studierenden und Dozierenden
2017Co-Authors: Kolski DariusAbstract:Wiki systems are gaining importance concerning the use in education and medical science. They have great potential to enhance writing skills, to build a large collection of specific Wiki articles and to shape and support a community of contributors and collaborators in university. Not much is known about the opinion of students and lecturers of veterinary medicine regarding the use of Wiki systems, the active participation of students in form of writing and improving articles and their motivation to use Wiki systems in teaching and learning. To establish a Wiki system for veterinary medicine, Vetipedia.org was designed. Vetipedia.org is a German Wiki system for veterinary students and practitioners. The access to the system is limited to veterinary students, lecturers and practitioners. The overall objective of the conducted studies was to evaluate if students and lecturers of veterinary medicine use Wiki systems personally and in their courses, if they consider a veterinary Wiki system as a useful tool for teaching and exam preparation and if they are willing to participate in writing and improving the quality of information. The first study examined the use and acceptance of Wiki systems for students of veterinary medicine. A questionnaire was provided to students (n=210) of the faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Freie Universität Berlin with questions regarding the use of Wikipedia in general and concerning educational issues. Most students had widespread experience in the use of Wikipedia and veterinary Wiki systems and are willing to use veterinary Wiki systems as an information tool in the future. In contrast, the experience in writing or editing of information was low and only a few students are willing to write or edit content. Nevertheless, students consider the quality of information in a Wiki system as correct. In conclusion, Wiki systems are considered a useful tool to gain information, but the will to participate is low. The objective of the second study was to evaluate how lecturers of veterinary medicine estimate Wiki systems in the context of teaching, if they would use them in courses and if they are willing to improve the quality of information. The data collection was done through an online survey using a five-point Likert scale. Lecturers of all German-speaking universities of veterinary medicine in Germany, Austria and Switzerland were contacted (n=approx. 1700) out of which 139 completed (8.2%) the survey. The majority of lecturers considered Wiki systems as an appropriate and complementary tool for teaching. One third of the lecturers would use Wiki systems for the creation of material by students, but most have not yet used them in teaching. One third is willing to participate in the review of articles with regard to their quality. In the third study a survey was conducted using exemplarily the Wiki system Vetipedia.org on how students assess the reading, writing and improving of articles and the potential use of the Wiki system. Participants in the 3rd and 4th year of study attended an elective course of the Clinic of Animal Reproduction (Freie Universität Berlin). They were asked to write a Wiki article in German language as a required exercise. Afterwards they were provided with an optional questionnaire. Most respondents had no difficulties in writing an article and considered their articles to be good and understandable enough to be part of a preparation for state examination. They considered a Wiki system to be a useful supplement to textbooks and they also read articles that were created from colleagues during or before the course. Nevertheless, most respondents were not willing to actively participate in improving articles or in voluntarily writing articles in the future. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that Wiki systems can be used in veterinary education by students to access information and by lecturers to be included into courses. The students’ low motivation to actively write and improve content should be solved with a new concept of integrating Wiki systems into university, which focuses mainly the benefits of a Wiki system for students in university and profession like exam preparation and the availability of accurate information through a review system.Wiki-Systeme gewinnen im Einsatz in der Lehre und in dem Informationstransfer in der Medizin zunehmend an Bedeutung. Sie haben ein großes Potenzial, um Schreibfähigkeiten zu verbessern, eine Sammlung von spezifischen Wiki-Artikeln aufzubauen und die Zusammenarbeit von Autoren und Mitstreitern zu fördern. Bisher ist wenig über die Einstellung der veterinärmedizinischen Studierenden und Dozierenden bezüglich der Verwendung von Wiki-Systemen, die aktive Beteiligung der Studierenden an der Erstellung und Verbesserung von Artikeln und deren Motivation, Wiki-Systeme in der Lehre zu nutzen bekannt. Um ein Wiki-System für die Tiermedizin zu etablieren, wurde Vetipedia.org entwickelt. Vetipedia.org ist ein deutsches Wiki-System für veterinärmedizinische Studierende und Praktiker. Der Zugriff auf das System ist auf veterinärmedizinische Studierende, Dozierende und Praktiker beschränkt. Das übergeordnete Ziel der Dissertation bestand in der Untersuchung, ob Studierende und Dozierende der Veterinärmedizin Wiki-Systeme für private und berufliche Belange sowie in der Lehre nutzen, ob sie ein veterinärmedizinisches Wiki-System als ein nützliches Werkzeug für Unterricht und Prüfungsvorbereitung erachten und ob sie bereit sind, Inhalte zu erstellen und die Qualität der Informationen zu verbessern. Die erste Studie untersuchte die Nutzung und Akzeptanz von Wiki-Systemen durch Studierende der Veterinärmedizin. Dazu wurde Studierenden (n = 210) des Fachbereichs für Veterinärmedizin an der Freien Universität Berlin ein Fragebogen mit Fragen zur Nutzung von Wiki Systemen im privaten und studienspezifischen Kontext zur Verfügung gestellt. Die meisten Studierenden hatten eingehende Erfahrungen in der Verwendung von Wikipedia und veterinärmedizinischen Wiki-Systemen. Sie gaben an, in Zukunft veterinärmedizinische Wiki-Systeme als Informationsinstrument verwenden zu wollen. Im Gegensatz dazu war die Erfahrung im Schreiben oder Bearbeiten von Informationen gering und nur wenige Studierende zeigten sich bereit, Inhalte zu erstellen oder zu bearbeiten. Ungeachtet dessen erachten die Studierenden die Qualität der Informationen in einem Wiki-System überwiegend als korrekt. Schlussfolgernd werden Wiki-Systeme als ein nützliches Instrument zur Erstellung von Informationen angesehen, jedoch ist die Bereitschaft zur Teilnahme gering. Das Ziel der zweiten Studie bestand in der Untersuchung, wie Dozierende der Veterinärmedizin Wiki-Systeme im Rahmen der Lehre einschätzen, ob sie Wiki-Systeme in ihren Kursen verwenden oder künftig verwenden wollen und ob sie bereit sind, die Qualität der Informationen in Wiki-Systemen zu verbessern. Die Datenerhebung wurde anhand einer Online-Befragung mit Hilfe einer Fünf-Punkte-Likert-Skala durchgeführt. Dozierende aus allen deutschsprachigen Universitäten der Veterinärmedizin in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz wurden kontaktiert. Die Mehrzahl der Dozierenden (n = 139) betrachte Wiki-Systeme als geeignetes und ergänzendes Instrument für den Unterricht. Ein Drittel der Dozierenden würde Wiki-Systeme für die Erstellung von Materialien durch die Studierenden verwenden. Die meisten haben dies bisher jedoch noch nicht getan. Ein Drittel der Befragten ist bereit, sich an der Überprüfung der Artikel in Bezug auf ihre Qualität zu beteiligen. In der dritten Studie wurde exemplarisch am Wiki-System Vetipedia.org untersucht, wie die Studierenden das Lesen, die Erstellung und Verbesserung von Artikeln und die mögliche Verwendung von Wiki-Systemen bewerten. Studierende aus dem 3. und 4. Studienjahr nahmen an einem Wahlpflichtkurs der Tierklinik für Fortpflanzung (Freie Universität Berlin) teil. Sie wurden gebeten, einen Wiki-Artikel in deutscher Sprache zu schreiben. Danach wurde ihnen ein optional zu beantwortender Fragebogen zur Verfügung gestellt. Die meisten Befragten hatten keine Schwierigkeiten, einen Artikel zu schreiben und bewerteten ihre Artikel als gut und verständlich genug, um Teil einer Vorbereitung für die staatliche Prüfung zu sein. Sie hielten Wiki-Systeme für eine sinnvolle Ergänzung zu Lehrbüchern und lasen auch Artikel, die von Kommilitonen während oder vor dem Kurs erstellt wurden. Trotzdem waren die meisten Befragten nicht bereit, sich aktiv an der Verbesserung der Artikel zu beteiligen oder zukünftig freiwillig Artikel zu schreiben. Basierend auf diesen Ergebnissen kann geschlussfolgert werden, dass Wiki-Systeme von Studierenden für den Zugriff auf Informationen in der veterinärmedizinischen Lehre verwendet und von Dozierenden erfolgreich in Kurse integriert werden können. Der geringen Motivation der Studierenden zur aktiven Erstellung und Verbesserung von Inhalten sollte mit geeigneten Konzepten für die Integration von Wiki-Systemen in die universitäre Lehre entgegengetreten werden. Dabei können auch die Vorteile für Studierende in Bezug auf die Prüfungsvorbereitungen und die zeit- und ortsunabhängige Verfügbarkeit von aktuellen und richtigen Informationen, welche durch ein Review-System gefördert werden kann, fokussiert werden
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Use and future of Wiki systems in veterinary education? – A survey of lecturers in German-speaking countries
German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2015Co-Authors: Kolski Darius, Heuwieser Wolfgang, Arlt SebastianAbstract:Objectives: Wiki systems are becoming increasingly important in university teaching. Not much is known about the opinion of lecturers of veterinary medicine regarding the active participation of students in teaching, their opinion on Wiki systems and their motivation to use them in courses and to improve the quality of information. The objective of the present study was to evaluate how lecturers of veterinary medicine estimate learning management systems and the production of text or material by students in courses, if they rate Wiki systems as an appropriate tool for teaching, if they would use Wiki systems for their courses and if they are willing to improve the quality of information. Methods: The data collection was carried out as an online survey using a five-point Likert scale. Lecturers of veterinary medicine in Germany, Austria and Switzerland were contacted (n=approx. 1700) out of which 139 completed (8.2%) the survey. Results: Most lecturers use LMS and consider it to be suitable for providing course material. Half of all respondents indicated that they believe that students achieve greater learning success by developing their own learning material. In courses 23.0% of their students develop own materials. The majority of lecturers considered Wiki systems as an appropriate and complementary tool for teaching (53.6%). A collection of Wiki articles is seen as useful (56.6%), particularly when experts review the contents. One third of the lecturers would use Wiki systems for the creation of material by students, but 82.5% have not yet used them in teaching. One third is willing to participate in the review of articles with regard to their quality. Conclusion: The results show that many lecturers are willing to use veterinary Wiki systems and that they regard them useful for teaching. According to the opinion of the majority of lecturers, the creation of material by students can lead to greater learning success and Wiki systems are suitable for this purpose. We are about to develop strategies to support the implementation of Wiki systems into veterinary education and a peer review system supported by lecturers. In a further project the actual learning success provided by the active use of Wiki-systems by students will be evaluated
