E-Learning with Wikis, Weblogs and Discussion Forums: An Empirical Survey about the Past, the Presence and the Future

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Author(s): Reinhard Bernsteiner (University for Health Sciences, Austria), Herwig Ostermann (University for Health Sciences, Austria)and Roland Staudinger (University for Health Sciences, Austria)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 25
Source title: Novel Developments in Web-Based Learning Technologies: Tools for Modern Teaching
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Nikos Karacapilidis (University of Patras, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-938-0.ch010

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Web-Based Teaching & Learning

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This chapter explores how social software tools can offer support for innovative learning methods and instructional design in general and those related to self-organized learning in an academic context in particular. In the first section the theoretical basis for the integration of wikis, discussion forums and weblogs in the context of learning are discussed. The second part presents the results of an empirical survey conducted by the authors and explores the usage of typical social software tools which support learning from a student’s perspective. The chapter concludes that social software tools have the potential to be a fitting technology in a teaching and learning environment.

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