Using Wiki in a Collaborative Group Project: Experiences from a Distance Education Course Ismail Yildiz Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Selcuk University Konya, Turkey ismaily@metu.edu.tr Engin Kursun Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Ataturk University Erzurum, Turkey ekursun@metu.edu.tr Fatih Saltan Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Mersin University Mersin, Turkey fsaltan@metu.edu.tr Ali Gök Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Mersin University Mersin, Turkey gokali@metu.edu.tr Hasan Karaaslan Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey hasank@metu.edu.tr Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate undergraduate students’ experience on working collaboratively on a group project in wiki environment for a distance education course given blended. To do this, a mixed method research design, a quantitative methodology (online survey) in conjunction with qualitative methodology (msn interviews) was used. In a 6 week summer course, 52 students from different departments participated to this undergraduate course. Preliminary findings showed that wiki is an effective tool for working collaboratively on a group project. Majority of the students (72%) thought that the wiki worked well as a tool to collect and organize information for the assignment, and 65% also thought it worked well as a tool for completing group project. However, 30% of students were neutral about whether wiki encouraged better participation on project. Introduction All over the world information technologies have been affecting all fields of the life. Instructional environment is one of these fields have been greatly affected by these technological advances. Especially, with the advance of Web2.0 technologies, it becomes easier and faster to communicate and collaborate .There are so kinds of tools and in basic all of them are depend on the same logic like wikis, blogs etc. So this brings not only a number of -3044-