The Design of a Wiki on Ecotourism as a Tool for University e-learning in Tourism

Abstract

Our case is about the development and implementation of a wiki on Ecotourism for didactical purposes in e-learning, based on a collaborative learning methodology. The goal of the project is twofold: 1) to develop teaching methodologies useful for collaborative working and 2) an efficient use of both students and teachers of the web 2.0 tools. The main contributions are the definition of a new methodology for University team working in e-learning and the integration of the wiki articles as a didactic resource in the virtual classroom. The level of satisfaction among the students who did participate in the experience has been very high. Two problems were detected. First, the technical complexity during the implementation and design of the wiki and, second, the amount of time dedicated to the project by students an the project team.