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Running head: Use of Wikis to Support Student Collaboration USE OF WIKIS TO SUPPORT COLLABORATION AMONG ONLINE STUDENTS
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Alden, Jay |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Since its inception, online education has been a solitary endeavor for students working on course assignments. Their link to classmates distributed around the country and the world has often been limited to discussion forums, a useful but somewhat awkward device for working collaboratively. Online discussion forums by themselves seem a poor substitute for in-residence students working interactively across a table constructing a team response to a group assignment on flip-chart paper. The distinction between collaboration in the classroom and collaboration online has been narrowing with the recent advent of social networking software. The purpose of this chapter is to show how one of these social networking software applications – a wiki – can be introduced into an online course in order to better support collaboration among geographically dispersed students. More specifically, ABSTRACT |
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| DOI | 10.4018/978-1-60566-729-4.ch007 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-729-4.ch007 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |