Wikipedia uses in learning design: A literature review

dc.creator	Georgios Fessakis
dc.creator	Maria Zoumpatianou
dc.date	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:23:49Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:23:49Z
dc.identifier	1791-3721
dc.identifier	1792-8788
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8a38c850880e40afbc5f29293e4d8bfb
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/29765
dc.description	This paper is a literature review report concerning educational uses of Wikipedia in the first 10 years of its existence. The aim of the work is the tracing and the presentation of published and validated educational applications of Wikipedia in a manner that could inform learning design by teachers or researchers. For the review, 24 scientific publications, retrieved from research databases and concerning educational applications of Wikipedia were analyzed. The review reveals a variety of learning uses of Wikipedia in several contexts, knowledge fields, education level and students’ ages. In addition, the study shows a variety of expected learning outcomes and a pleiad of student tasks in the learning activities. Both, the learning outcomes and the students’ tasks are organized in general types with the aim of constituting patterns for new learning designs. The findings are commented and possible future directions of research are described.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Themes in Science and Technology Education
dc.relation	http://earthlab.uoi.gr/theste/index.php/theste/article/view/109/76
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1791-3721
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1792-8788
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Themes in Science and Technology Education, Vol 5, Iss 1-2, Pp 97-106 (2012)
dc.subject	Wikipedia
dc.subject	wikis
dc.subject	collaborative writing
dc.subject	learning design
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Wikipedia uses in learning design: A literature review
dc.type	article