In this paper, we present a new wiki engine: SweetWiki, offering the capabilities of a wiki together with some knowledge management features. And we give preliminary results of its use by some Palette CoPs.

In this paper we investigate the efficacy of a wiki as a tool for collaborative learning and enhancing students ability to communicate in an undergraduate mathematics course. A wiki is a website which is constructed primarily for the purposes of online authoring and collaboration [8]. The prototypical example is Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia constructed with the help of tens of thousands o...

Wikipedia provides a wealth of knowledge, where the first sentence, infobox (and relevant sentences), and even the entire document of a wiki article could be considered as diverse versions of summaries (definitions) of the target topic. We explore how to generate a series of summaries with various lengths based on them. To obtain more reliable associations between sentences, we introduce wiki c...

Wir beschreiben die Integration von Vorlesungsaufzeichnungen und einem Wiki unter Verwendung des von uns entwickelten Tools namens aofconvert, das es Studierenden ermöglicht, Vorlesungsaufzeichnungen zu einem exakt definierten Zeitpunkt im Wiki visuell zu referenzieren. Die hiermit erreichte starke Integration zwischen einem Wiki und Vorlesungsaufzeichnungen ermöglicht es Studierenden Themen, d...

This paper presents the argument that the use of wikis in a learning environment involves a different way of thinking, learning and knowing than perhaps many practitioners are familiar with. In particular, wikis foster collaborative, egalitarian learning that is designed to foster group interaction instead of just individual performance. Moreover, wiki based learning involves community ideals a...

Wikis have been extensively used in language teaching for collaborative writing. However, there are very few studies about wikis as holistic learning environments. To fill this niche, the present research project aimed to explore the potential of the wiki as a platform for knowledge building and personalized learning that may enhance lifelong learning and students’ self-regulation. Individual l...

Prior research has established that active participation and collaboration by students results in multiple benefits during wiki-based CSCL activities. However, achieving such behavior can be a challenge without external motivation. To increase active participation and collaboration by users, we developed an enhanced wiki called the Written Agora. Using popular Web 2.0 features, our wiki provide...

Semantic wikis have opened an interesting way to mix Web 2.0 advantages with the Semantic Web approach. However, compared to other collaborative tools, wikis do not support all collaborative editing mode such as offline work or multi-synchronous editing. The lack of multi-synchronous supports in wikis is a problematic, especially, when working with semantic wikis. In these systems, it is often ...

Integrating wiki-based activities into education encourages development of students’ competencies that are important for their future professional life. As wikis support social learning and interaction, when working with them students learn to cooperate, plan and organize collaborative tasks, create concepts, express ideas, etc. Many teachers recognize undeniable benefits of a wiki in learning ...