Abstract:

Learning over the internet using the Wiki has emerged to the frontline. An argument has been mounted on Wiki’s pedagogical efficacy, leading to re-think of Wiki as a communication means or learning instrument looking from the perspective of collaboration, cognition and knowledge building. This study is descriptive research that adopted a quantitative approach. It used two hypotheses to test among female and male students, of a public university, the usefulness and ease of use of Wiki in learning. In the first hypothesis, it found that there exists a substantial change in the usefulness of Wiki as a learning tool among the male and female students. And in hypothesis two, it found that there exists a significant difference in the ease of use of a wiki to learn among them, with males taking a higher preference. The outcome of the study becomes a view of understanding gender influence on the adoption of this kind of educational technology tool and educate on the need to balance the interest of using the wiki to learn by all students.

Keywords:

Pedagogical tool, Wiki, Gender-based learning, Collaborative learning tool.