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Di Lauro, Frances – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
This paper brings to light the notable contributions of Wikipedian Adrianne Wadewitz (1977-2014) who enlisted her peers and students to help reduce the gender imbalance by participating in mass collaborative initiatives like edit-a-thons to increase the stock of knowledge about and of interest to women. Such projects, and the edit-a-thons that…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Collaborative Writing, Gender Differences, Web Sites
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Staub, Timo; Hodel, Thomas – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This paper considers Wikipedia and collaborative editing in general: what is Wikipedia, how does it work as a collaborative editing project? Who publishes there, how do these people collaborate, is there a hierarchy among them? And what about Wikipedia quality control: is it efficient, how good is the factual quality of the content? Can Wikipedia…
Descriptors: Internet, Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing, Editing
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Zou, Di; Xie, Haoran; Wang, Fu Lee; Kwan, Reggie – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
This project investigated how Wikipedia can be integrated into flipped learning in higher education through the project-based learning approach. It proposed a flipped learning model where Wikipedia was involved in creating a collaborative learning environment. Two groups of students participated in the research and were asked to complete group…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Web 2.0 Technologies, Web Sites, Encyclopedias
Gregory, Sue; Bannister-Tyrrell, Michelle – Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2017
This article explores digital learner presence in various higher education degrees in a regional institution in NSW, Australia. Several tools used for online teaching are explored through individual research projects in relation to the learner's presence with the tool being used. It was found that a variety of online teaching tools provided…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Higher Education, Academic Degrees, Educational Technology
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Jancarik, Antonin; Jancarikova, Katerina – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2010
Wiki tools, which became known mainly thanks to the Wikipedia encyclopedia, represent quite a new phenomenon on the Internet. The work presented here deals with three areas connected to a possible use of wiki tools for the preparation of an e-learning course. To what extent does Wikipedia.com contain terms necessary for scientific lectures at the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Web Sites, Editing
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Grover, Pooja; Gupta, Nehta – Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
E-learning is a combination of learning services and technology that allow us to provide high value integrated learning any time, any place. It is about a new blend of resources, interactivity, performance support and structured learning activities. This methodology makes use of various types of technologies in order to enhance or transform the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education