Supporting and fostering online communities with wikis

  • Authors:

  • Holger Dick

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado

  • Venue:
  • CSCL'09 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Computer supported collaborative learning - Volume 2
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Wikis are commonly used to support (learning) communities in their work processes. However, they offer insufficient support for community processes that go beyond writing and reading content. I propose the development and use of a new generation of wikis that pro-actively foster and support the creation of communities among its participants. This could lead to larger involvement and thus better results in learning and working.