Weathering wikis: Net-based learning meets political science in a South African university

Computers and Composition

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-284

  Carr, Tony ^a   Morrison, Andrew ^b   Cox, Glenda ^a   Deacon, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Contradiction; Mediating artifacts; Multi voicedness; Transparency; Wiki

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547803605     PISSN: 87554615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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