learning - Academic Conferences Limited

Andrea Gorra and Ollie Jones
However, it appears that our students would not typically access a glossary when approaching a new
subject. Survey findings (see Figure 4, below) indicate that the majority of our second year students
would only “sometimes” use a traditional glossary when starting a new subject.
Figure 4: Students' use of 'traditional' glossaries
3.2 The wiki glossary as a constructive learning experience and as a resource
The majority of our students perceived that constructing the glossary had helped them to understand
the subject area of operations management (see Figure 5,). In addition, 52% of our 260 students
agreed with the statement “I found the wiki glossary task helpful in getting me engaged and interested
in the operations management subject”, while 29% disagreed and a fifth neither agreed, nor
disagreed.
Figure 5: Wiki glossary aiding understanding
When asked whether the wiki glossary created by fellow students helped them with the written
assignment, the students’ responses were rather ambivalent. About a third of the students agreed
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