Exploring the effects of experience on wiki anxiety and wiki usability: An online study

People and Computers XXIII Celebrating People and Technology - Proceedings of HCI 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 175-183

  Cowan, Benjamin R ^a   Vigentini, Lorenzo ^a   Jack, Mervyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experience; Usability; Wiki; Wiki anxiety

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

AFFECTIVE REACTIONS; EXPERIENCE; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; MEASURING USABILITIES; USABILITY; USABILITY EVALUATION; WIKI; WIKI ANXIETY;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84860466928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/hci2009.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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