Research On Cooperative Learning Based On Blog And Wiki

With the rapid development of information technology, computer and network are used in more widely and deeply in education, especially with the interconnection of Internet and the campus network, web-based learning has come to reality. The technology has provided a large amount of resources and gives wide foreground for education. The reformation of multi-media and network technology has influenced the instructional method, instructional models and instructional content profoundly. Thus the learning-centered instructional model has been ripidly developed.The web site of BlogChina(www.Blogchina.com) drives Web2.0 in China, many kinds of application on Web2.0 appeared, Blog and Wiki are typical ones of them. Although Blog and Wiki can provide a perfect environment for cooperative learning, the current research on Blog and Wiki in cooperative learning is limited. In fact the Blog and Wiki have been widely used in corporations. This thesis will study how to integrate Blog and Wiki technology into Cooperative Learning.In order to explore the value of Blog and Wiki in Cooperative Learning, the author cooperate with teachers do an action research on class in the school whick will be divided into five parts.1. Summarize the current situation of research on Cooperative Learning and application of Blog and Wiki in education.2. Define two concepts in the paper—Cooperative,Web2.0.3. Set up a platform for Cooperative Learning based on Blog and Wiki.4. Do action research on the platform to distinguish advantages and disadvantages of popular form of Internet application, such as Blog and Wiki which are based on the concept of Web2.0,and to find if integrated application of them is possible.5. Collect and analyze data to draw a conclusion, point out the way of further research, and describe the future of the application of the new forms, such as Blog and Wiki in Cooperative Learning.