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Attitudinal factors affecting wiki group collaboration for English writing

Wikis, being one of the popular Web 2.0 tools, have impacted students’ engagement and performance particularly in the aspects of second and foreign language learning. While an increasing number of studies have focused on the effectiveness of wiki in improving students’ writing skills, this study was...

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Main Authors: Chen, Chwen Jen, Chuah, Kee-Man, Tho, Jimmy, Teh, Chee Siong
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Language:English
Published: European Journal of Open, Distance and E-learning 2015
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L Education (General)
T Technology (General)
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10026/1/Attitudinal.pdf
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spelling my.unimas.ir.100262022-08-23T00:44:29Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10026/ Attitudinal factors affecting wiki group collaboration for English writing Chen, Chwen Jen Chuah, Kee-Man Tho, Jimmy Teh, Chee Siong L Education (General) T Technology (General) Wikis, being one of the popular Web 2.0 tools, have impacted students’ engagement and performance particularly in the aspects of second and foreign language learning. While an increasing number of studies have focused on the effectiveness of wiki in improving students’ writing skills, this study was conducted to examine the attitudinal factors that influence English as a Second Language (ESL) students’ group collaboration in using wikis for a writing task that was divided into three phases: pre-writing, individual-construction, joint-constructions. Data collected from these students after completing this task was analyzed based on three attitudinal aspects: motivation, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use. The findings reveal high mean scores for all aspects. Further multiple regression analysis reveals that motivation is the most important factor associated with group collaboration, indicating the need to boost students’ motivation to encourage effective collaboration in completing wiki writing tasks. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-learning 2015 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10026/1/Attitudinal.pdf Chen, Chwen Jen and Chuah, Kee-Man and Tho, Jimmy and Teh, Chee Siong (2015) Attitudinal factors affecting wiki group collaboration for English writing. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-learning, 18 (2). ISSN 1027-5207 http://www.eurodl.org/?p=current&article=691
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topic L Education (General)
T Technology (General)
spellingShingle L Education (General)
T Technology (General)
Chen, Chwen Jen
Chuah, Kee-Man
Tho, Jimmy
Teh, Chee Siong
Attitudinal factors affecting wiki group collaboration for English writing
description Wikis, being one of the popular Web 2.0 tools, have impacted students’ engagement and performance particularly in the aspects of second and foreign language learning. While an increasing number of studies have focused on the effectiveness of wiki in improving students’ writing skills, this study was conducted to examine the attitudinal factors that influence English as a Second Language (ESL) students’ group collaboration in using wikis for a writing task that was divided into three phases: pre-writing, individual-construction, joint-constructions. Data collected from these students after completing this task was analyzed based on three attitudinal aspects: motivation, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use. The findings reveal high mean scores for all aspects. Further multiple regression analysis reveals that motivation is the most important factor associated with group collaboration, indicating the need to boost students’ motivation to encourage effective collaboration in completing wiki writing tasks.
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author Chen, Chwen Jen
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title Attitudinal factors affecting wiki group collaboration for English writing
title_short Attitudinal factors affecting wiki group collaboration for English writing
title_full Attitudinal factors affecting wiki group collaboration for English writing
title_fullStr Attitudinal factors affecting wiki group collaboration for English writing
title_full_unstemmed Attitudinal factors affecting wiki group collaboration for English writing
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publisher European Journal of Open, Distance and E-learning
publishDate 2015
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10026/1/Attitudinal.pdf
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http://www.eurodl.org/?p=current&article=691
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