• DocumentCode
    3075138
  • Title

    Wikis for Education - Helping Students Communicate and Collaborate

  • Author

    Kussmaul, Clif

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Math & Comput. Sci., Muhlenberg Coll., Allentown, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    14-16 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    274
  • Lastpage
    278
  • Abstract
    In educational and professional environments, effective communication (e.g. reading, writing, speaking, and teaming) is important and can be developed with a variety of activities and assignments. This paper summarizes ways that wikis can facilitate these practices and help educators to achieve their goals, and provides examples of successful wiki activities.
  • Keywords
    Web sites; computer aided instruction; groupware; professional aspects; educational environment; effective communication; professional environment; wikis; Education; Electronic publishing; Encyclopedias; History; Internet; Writing; close reading; collaboration; communication; peer review; project management; reading; task tracking; wiki; writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Technology for Education (T4E), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1521-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-7695-4534-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/T4E.2011.56
  • Filename
    6004400
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3075138