Microscopes and Telescopes: A Research Agenda for Studying Excellence and Equity in Online Learning Environments Justin Reich Dick Murnane, John Willett, Bob Wolf (Boston Consulting Group, retired), Hunter Gehlbach MIT Lifelong Kindergarten Group 2010 1
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Microscopes and Telescopes:A Research Agenda for Studying Excellence and Equity in Online Learning Environments
Justin Reich
Dick Murnane, John Willett, Bob Wolf (Boston Consulting Group, retired), Hunter Gehlbach
MIT Lifelong Kindergarten Group 2010
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AgendaI. Explore Nested Structure of Web 2.0
Data
II. Schema of Web 2.0 Research Methods
III. Prospectus for Researching Classroom Wikis
I. Efficacy: How do we make them good?
II. Equity: Do only certain kids get the good ones?
IV. Dip in to the data2
What are wikis and why should we study them?
• DEFINITION: Wikis are Web sites where any one can edit any page at any time
• GROWING IMPORT: Use of Web 2.0 tools and networks (blogs, wikis, social networks, discussion forums) is growing exponentially in education, and transforming our society
• STUDENT-CENTERED: A democratic, citizen-centered ideology is “baked into” wiki architecture making them promising platforms for teaching 21st century skills
• ***NESTED, RETROSPECTIVE CORPUS***: Wikis preserve their entire history of activity in a nested data structure that allows research of infinitely variable granularity (like Google Earth) 3
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What are wikis and why should we study them?
• DEFINITION: Wikis are Web sites where any one can edit any page at any time
• GROWING IMPORT: Use of online learning environments (blogs, wikis, social networks, discussion forums) is growing exponentially in education, and transforming our society
• STUDENT-CENTERED: A democratic, citizen-centered ideology is “baked into” wiki architecture making them promising platforms for teaching 21st century skills
• ***VAST, NESTED, RETROSPECTIVE CORPUS***: Wikis preserve their entire history of activity in a nested data structure that allows research of infinitely variable granularity (like Google Earth)