Development%20and%20evaluation%20of%20shared%20learning%20wiki%20in%20an%20Interprofessional%20context

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Development and evaluation of shared learning
wiki in an Interprofessional context
Date or reference
Denis McGrath, Leslie Robinson and Melanie
Stephens
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Aims and Objectives

• To demonstrate an overview of the wiki project
  and its outcomes for HE / Interprofessional
  Education
• Define and review the importance of
  Interprofessional Education
• Internet Landscape (Godwin Jones, 2003)
• Methodology
• Findings
• Discussion
• Test drive
• Feedback

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Interprofessional Education

• Healthcare delivered by multiple professionals
  and support workers
• Community Care Act (DH, 1990), The New NHS Modern
  and Dependable (DH, 1997), NSFs (DH, 2001
  onwards).
• Professional Tribes (Maben et al, 2007)
• Focus on holistic, humanistic, compassionate and
  co-operative care and embrace collective
  responsibility (Wilcock and Headrick, 2000)

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Internet Landscape

• New Technologies such as, wikis, social book
  marking, blogs, podcasts, RSS feeds.
• Transformation of isolated static information
  stores to dynamic applications.
• A social phenomena an approach to generating and
  distributing Web content in a social context.
• Flexible open communication,
• decentralisation of authority,
• allows the freedom to share and re-use
  information,
• simple to use
• Embodies the flexible socio-centric approach to
  learning (Vygotsky, 1920)

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Methodology

• 125 nurses and 50 radiography undergraduate
  students
• Face-to-face
• Problem-based trigger
• 5 on-line wikis
• Mixed professional groups
• Wiki Champions

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What is a wiki?

• A web site that can be individually or
  collaboratively edited
• No special tools and no special IT skills are
  required.
• Participants collaboratively work on the content
  of the site without needing to exchange word
  processor documents.
• Gaining rapid acceptance in education (Pereira
  and Soares, 2007, Long, 2006, Rafaeli, 2006,
  Fisher and Baird, 2005, Lamb, 2004).

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Technology Used

• Technologies used
• Blackboard VLE
• Learning Objects Wiki Tool
• University Remote PCs.
• Closed System Log on / off
• Group wiki access only.

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Step 1
We took some students from different disciplines
radiography (2nd years) nursing (3rd years)
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Step 2
We put the selected students into a group
comprised of the two professions 25 from nursing
10 from radiography
GROUP 1 Mary Seacole Inter-disciplinary group
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Step 3
Identification and nomination of wiki champions
A Learning Champion from each of the two
professions
Mary Seacole Inter- Disciplinary group
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Step 4
Four additional similar groups were created
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Viewing and editing rights
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Hive Brain (Levy 2001)
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Tutor monitoring of process
Tutor observation of and Contribution to wiki /
student progress
Interaction between student and wiki
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Complete Overview of wiki construction
Number of page views -
Number of page edits
Number of contributors
Identities of contributors
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Complete Overview of wiki construction
Editing history in complete detail
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Detailed journal of revision history Slide 1

• Complete Oversight of wiki construction

Editing history in detailing, participant, date
of change and version information
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Detailed journal of revision history Slide 2
A full range of statistics can be drawn from the
monitoring tools. Including Access time of day
Access days of week
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Detailed journal of revision history Slide 3
A full range of statistics can be drawn from the
monitoring tools. Including Access time of day
Access days of week
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Findings (Quantitative)
Views, edits and contributors
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Findings (Qualitative) Online Questionnaire

• General Attitude
• Its fun and I really enjoyed it
• Shared Inter-professional learning
• is great for interdisciplinary collaboration,
  sharing of info And most importantly made us
  more aware of the nurses knowledge
• Teamwork
• It encourages online teamwork
• The concept is a good one but not everyone
  participated

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Findings (Qualitative) Online Questionnaire

• Student Engagement
• Not everyone would feel comfortable putting work
  on The Wiki
• ..being able to share information without the
  pressure of being in a group discussion in uni
• Flexibility
• It was great to participate from home
• Outcome application to other areas
• The outcome of the wiki was great, I could see
  how many would benefit from this

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Limitations of study

• Number of respondents
• On-line questionnaire skewing sample

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Benefits and limitations of wikis

• Benefits wikis for teaching and learning
• Students enjoy it
• IT skills development
• Critical peer review and collaboration
• Resource material
• Limitations
• Engaging non participants
• Technical support
• Summative assessments
• Selling benefits of wikis
• Resources

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Test Drive
Wiki Races
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Feedback

• Open Mic

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Contacts

• Denis McGrath
• d.m.mcgrath_at_salford.ac.uk
• Leslie Robinson
• l.robinson_at_salford.ac.uk
• Melanie Stephens
• m.stephens_at_salford.ac.uk