Experiences and perspectives of Wikipedia use in higher education

International Journal of Management in Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-92

  Wannemacher, Klaus ^a  

^a Higher Education Information System (HIS)   (Germany)

Author keywords

collaborative knowledge management; constructivist learning; course assignment forms; e learning; information competency; media literacy; teaching strategies; Web 2.0; web based learning; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873691149     PISSN: 1750385X     EISSN: 17503868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2011.037756     Document Type: Article

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