Title :
Extending the wiki paradigm for use in the classroom
Author :
Wang, Chien-min ; Turner, David
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California State Univ., San Bernardino, CA, USA
Abstract :
The term "wiki" refers to a social computing system that allows a group of users to initiate and evolve a hyper-linked set of Web pages using a simple markup language. Wiki collaboration systems encourage student-centered learning environments, because they encourage students to be co-creators of course content. However, there are several problems with the traditional wiki paradigm for use in the classroom. This paper identifies these problems, and describes a system we implemented to solve them.
Keywords :
Web design; computer aided instruction; educational courses; groupware; page description languages; Web pages; markup language; social computing system; student-centered learning environments; wiki collaboration systems; wiki paradigm; Access control; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Computer science; Databases; HTML; Markup languages; Social network services; User interfaces; Web pages;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: Coding and Computing, 2004. Proceedings. ITCC 2004. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2108-8
DOI :
10.1109/ITCC.2004.1286462
