Utilizing a Wiki to Construct Knowledge

New Search

Print Abstract

E-mail Abstract

Full Text

Save to My Collections

Export Citation

Blocher, M. & Tu, C.H. (2008). Utilizing a Wiki to Construct Knowledge. In K. McFerrin et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 2892-2899). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/27664.

• Share:
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
March 3, 2008
ISBN 1-880094-64-9
  Karen McFerrin, Roberta Weber, Roger Carlsen & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

More Information on SITE
Table of Contents

Authors

Michael Blocher, Chih-Hsiung Tu, Northern Arizona University, USA

Abstract

The promotion of an online collaborative learning community is an effective strategy to promote the construction of knowledge in distributed learning environments. Through web authoring technology, specifically a Wiki collaboration, the development of learning communities can help foster knowledge construction through collaborations. The purpose of this study is to detail a specific application of collaborative knowledge construction as it occurred in online learning community that utilized a team collaborative writing activity within a Wiki web authoring tool.

Also Read

• Meaningful Learning with Wikis: Making a Connection
• Moodle vs. Facebook: Does using Facebook for Discussions in an Online Course Enhance Perceived Social Presence and Student Interaction?
• Video Annotation System and Formative Assessment Tool Using Flash Media Server
• The Use of Web 2.0 Social Networking Technologies to Expedite Collaboration Both in and Out of the University Classroom
• What Teacher Education Needs to Know about Web 2.0: Preparing New Teachers in the 21st Century
• Podcasting in the Learning Environment: From Podcasts for the Learning Community, Towards the Integration of Podcasts within the Elementary Learning Environment
• Student-authored Wikibooks: Textbooks of the Future?
• Wiki as a Professional Development Tool
• Wikis, blogs, and all that stuff: Pre-service teacher experiences with web-based technologies in an interdisciplinary methods course
• Web 2.0 and Its Use in Higher Education: A Review of Literature

Tags