Pedagogical significance of wikis: Towards gaining effective learning outcomes

Journal of International Education in Business

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-70

  Hewege, Chandana Rathnasiri ^a   Perera, Liyanage Chamila Roshani ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curricula development; Learning outcomes; NESB students; Net Gens; Web 2.0; Wiki pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958617156     PISSN: 2046469X     EISSN: 18363261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18363261311314953     Document Type: Article

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