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Wikibook Transformations and Disruptions

2010
A Wikibook is a transformative and disruptive technology that is finding increasing use in schools and higher education institutions. This new form of technology is inexpensive, accessible, and fairly responsive to the user. When engaged in a Wikibook project in an academic setting, learners are granted power to control the content and process of ...
Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Nari Kim, Meng-Fen Grace Lin   +3 more
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The tensions of transformation in three cross-institutional wikibook projects

The Internet and Higher Education, 2009
Abstract Wikis have the potential to change learning environments from traditional knowledge transmission models to knowledge transformative ones where students generate, share, and reshape knowledge. In this three-part study, graduate students created wikibooks across institutional settings.
Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Nari Kim, Meng-Fen Grace Lin   +3 more
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PARE0003 A finnish wikibook called sle-terminologiaa (sle terminology)

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2013
Background We need more material on SLE in Finnish, but we do not have financial resources to publish material. Publishing is an expensive and slow process. Also, no one has produced any new material on SLE in Finnish for years apart from the published academic papers. Objectives The main objective is to create Finnish material on SLE.
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Building a Networked Environment in Wikis: The Evolving Phases of Collaborative Learning in a Wikibook Project

Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
Wikis, when used as an open editing tool, can have profound and subtle effects on students' collaborative learning process. Hailed as a collaborative learning and writing tool, many questions remain regarding the pedagogical impacts of using wikis in the classroom. Do students feel comfortable editing each others' wiki articles?
Hong Lin, Kathleen D. Kelsey
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Critical thinking in wikibook creation with enhanced and minimal scaffolds

Educational Technology Research and Development, 2014
The purpose of the study was to investigate how to scaffold students’ critical thinking skills in the process of co-writing and co-reflection of wikibooks in formal learning contexts. To observe critical thinking skills in wiki collaborations under different levels of instructional guidance, two graduate wikibook projects were selected: an enhanced ...
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Employing Wikibook project in a linguistics course to promote peer teaching and learning

Education and Information Technologies, 2014
Peer teaching and learning are learner-centred approaches with great potential for promoting effective learning, and the fast development of Web 2.0 technology has opened new doors for promoting peer teaching and learning. In this study, we aim to establish peer teaching and learning among students by employing a Wikibook project in the course ...
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Software tools for molecular microscopy: an open-text Wikibook.

Methods in enzymology, 2011
We provide a brief description of a Wikibook open-content textbook that was set up with a goal of providing a comprehensive and continually updated list of all of the software packages of interest to the cryo-EM community. While the content of the Wikibook will change over time, here we provide a snapshot of the current state of software tools ...
Neil R, Voss, Clinton S, Potter, Ross, Smith, Bridget, Carragher   +3 more
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Twin Wiki Wonders? Wikipedia and Wikibooks as Powerful Tools for Online Collaborative Writing

2009
Web 2.0 technologies empower individuals to contribute thoughts and ideas rather than passively survey online content and resources. Such participatory environments foster opportunities for community building and knowledge sharing, while encouraging the creation of artifacts beyond what any single person could accomplish alone.
Meng-Fen Grace Lin, Curtis J. Bonk, Suthiporn Sajjapanroj   +2 more
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Wikibooks

2011
Wikibooks je sesterský projekt Wikipedie zaměřený na knižní texty, učebnice, manuály apod. Cílem celého projektu je vytvořit spolehlivý zdroj, který bude schopen poskytnout kvalitní materiály pro vzdělávání ve všech možných podobách, tedy od školských zařízení, přes domácí výuku až po samostudium.
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