• DocumentCode
    2181252
  • Title

    Wikipedia as an example of positive technology: How to promote knowledge sharing and collaboration with a persuasive tutorial

  • Author

    Calefato, Caterina ; Vernero, Fabiana ; Montanari, Roberto

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Turin, Turin
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    21-23 May 2009
  • Firstpage
    510
  • Lastpage
    516
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes an improved redesign of Wikipedia tutorial following Fogg´s persuasive concept. Wikipedia international project aims at being the biggest online and free encyclopedia. It can be considered a persuasive tool which tries to motivate people to collaborate for the development of a shared knowledge corpus, following a specific policy of behavior.
  • Keywords
    Web sites; computer aided instruction; Fogg persuasive concept; Wikipedia international project; Wikipedia tutorial; knowledge sharing; persuasive tutorial; Collaboration; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Computer science; Encyclopedias; Internet; Tutorial; Visual communication; Wikipedia; Writing; Captology; Collaborative Tool; Collaborative Writing; Community; Knowledge Sharing; Persuasion; Social Behavior; Tutorial; Web; Wikipedia;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Human System Interactions, 2009. HSI '09. 2nd Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Catania
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3959-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3960-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HSI.2009.5091031
  • Filename
    5091031