Facilitating student engagement and collaboration in a large postgraduate course using wiki-based activities

• Wiki-based learning activities facilitate student engagement and collaboration.
• We find strong evidence of direct and indirect impact of the wiki on engagement.
• Students recognize the positive impact of the wiki on their learning.
• Student learning significantly improved as a result of enhanced learning environment.
• The analysis is based on a case study using qualitative and quantitative data.

This paper investigates the impact of wiki-based activities on student participation and collaborative learning in a large postgraduate international management course. The wiki was used in this study as a facilitator for engagement and collaboration rather than a means of online discussions. Based on both qualitative and quantitative data, we find strong evidence that the use of the wiki facilitated student engagement and collaboration, both inside and outside the classroom. Moreover, student learning had significantly improved as a result of the enhanced learning environment.