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Wikibooks as Tools for Promoting Constructivist Learning in Higher Education: Findings from a Case Study

open access: yes, 2010
The present paper focuses on wiki-related pedagogies in higher education and examines the potential of wikibooks in a blended learning context. A wikibook was integrated as a compulsory class assignment in an undergraduate course in a preschool education department.
Ilias Karasavvidis, Karasavvidis Ilias
exaly   +3 more sources

The tensions of transformation in three cross-institutional wikibook projects

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 Bonk   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

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 ...
Nari Kim
exaly   +2 more sources

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   +3 more
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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
openaire   +1 more source

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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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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Creation of e-learning resources for Web-oriented disciplines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The experiences of development and using e-learning resources 'World information resources' and 'Network Economy' for web-oriented disciplines at Wikibooks platform are described © 2013 ...
Irina Golitsyna
exaly   +1 more source

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