Abstract—The appropriateness of Web 2.0 tools
implementation help engage students’ learning by enhancing
their problem solving skills. Working cooperatively is a concern
for the student in order to learn in the cooperative learning
environment. Therefore, this paper focuses on the use of Web
2.0 tools that can enhance the students’ learning within the
group-based learning context. This research had highlighted on
the undergraduate students that studied in a course under
environmental design, and the purpose of this class were
created to require the students to work in a small team in order
to develop a modelled exhibition booth for their specific brand
chosen. Blog serves to be a tool in order for the students to have
interaction with their peers and to form a classroom learning
community within that learning environment. The intention of
this research is to investigate the student’s learning experience
and attitude towards the use of the web-logs when students were
doing their group work. A survey that consist of 5-point Likert
scale were given to the students to retrieve their feedback after
they had use the web-logs as the documentation for their
learning processes. Research results had showed that the
students enjoy using the blogs as their learning tool to show
their best work. Therefore, the output of this study managed to
foster the students to become techno-savvy learners and able to
work together as a team in order to achieve their final goals.
Index Terms—Web 2.0 tools, group-based learning, problem
solving.
Wai-Jing Kwok and Tse-Kian Neo SMILE are with the Faculty of
Creative Multimedia, Multimedia University, Malaysia (e-mail:
wjkwok@mmu.edu.my).
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Cite: Wai-Jing Kwok and Tse-Kian Neo, " Utilizing Web 2.0 Tools in a Group Based Learning
Environment: A Malaysian Classroom Perspective," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 311-315, 2015.