RT info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
T1 Macroeconomics in practice: using WIKIS for collaborative learning
A1 Martínez Fernández, M. Angeles
A1 Ferrándiz León, Esther
A1 Varo, Esther
A1 Muñoz Leonisio, María del Mar
A2 Economía General
K1 Collaborative learning
K1 WIKIS
K1 Macroeconomics
AB This project is based on the creation of collaborative wikis for students of Macroeconomics toelaborate a final work in which they apply the theoretical knowledge learnt in the subject to the realworld. The initiative was implemented during the course 2015-2016 and aimed at 140 studentsenrolled in the subject at the Degree of Finance and Accountancy of the University of Cadiz.To emphasize the link between the theories explained in class and the real world, in previous courseswe have already used news and other resources. With this project, we now introduce the use of wikis,which consist on the creation of a website to allow collaborative creation and modification of contentsand structure from the web browser. Students were organized in 44 teams, of about 3 members, toexamine data on a certain macroeconomic variable (i.e. inflation or GDP), in a particular geographicalcontext (i.e. G20 or EU countries). The objectives of the project include: i) to enhance learning andcomprehension of theoretical knowledge and ii) to contribute to the development of skills related to thesubject, such as the skill to apply the acquired knowledge, the skill to analyze and search informationand teamwork. Students’ opinions gathered from a survey at the end of the course suggest that theseobjectives have been achieved.
PB INTED 2016
SN 2340-1079
YR 2016
FD 2016-03-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/20816
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/20816
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 19-ene-2021