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10.1126/science.286.5439.388 ...

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When most people think of wikis, the first---and usually the only---thing that comes to mind is Wikipedia. The editors of _Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom_, Robert E. Cummings and Matt Barton, have assembled a collection of essays that challenges this common misconception, providing an engaging and helpful array of perspectives on the many pressing theoretical and practical issues that wikis raise. Written in an engaging and accessible manner that will appeal to specialists and novices alike, _Wiki Writing_ draws on a wealth of practical classroom ...

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Abstract  Wikis provide new opportunities for learning and for collaborative knowledge building as well as for understanding these processes. This article presents a theoretical framework for describing how learning and collaborative knowledge building take place. In order to understand these processes, three aspects need to be considered: the social processes facilitated by a wiki, the cognitive processes of the users, and how both processes influence each other mutually. For this purpose, the model presented in this article borrows from the systemic approach ...