Exploring Wikis in a Library Credit Course
Wiki is a type of software (also known as social software) that enables its users to create a website with only a minor knowledge of html. Many universities, schools, businesses, and libraries are currently using wiki software to great effect. Even so, there is very little literature addressing the...
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Communications in Information Literacy
2009-11-01
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| description | Wiki is a type of software (also known as social software) that enables its users to create a website with only a minor knowledge of html. Many universities, schools, businesses, and libraries are currently using wiki software to great effect. Even so, there is very little literature addressing the use of wiki software in the university library instruction classroom. This report will focus on the use of wiki software in a university library instruction classroom and consider its feasibility as a tool for teaching critical thinking through team-based learning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca54613dc45949a79bce252a7924cbd02022-12-22T03:29:30ZengCommunications in Information LiteracyCommunications in Information Literacy1933-59542009-11-0131586410.15760/comminfolit.2009.3.1.69Exploring Wikis in a Library Credit CourseVivien Elizabeth Zazzau0State University of New York at AlbanyWiki is a type of software (also known as social software) that enables its users to create a website with only a minor knowledge of html. Many universities, schools, businesses, and libraries are currently using wiki software to great effect. Even so, there is very little literature addressing the use of wiki software in the university library instruction classroom. This report will focus on the use of wiki software in a university library instruction classroom and consider its feasibility as a tool for teaching critical thinking through team-based learning.http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/22482wikis; team-based learning; social software; critical thinking; library instruction classroom |
| spellingShingle | Vivien Elizabeth Zazzau Exploring Wikis in a Library Credit Course Communications in Information Literacy wikis; team-based learning; social software; critical thinking; library instruction classroom |
| title | Exploring Wikis in a Library Credit Course |
| title_full | Exploring Wikis in a Library Credit Course |
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| title_short | Exploring Wikis in a Library Credit Course |
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| topic | wikis; team-based learning; social software; critical thinking; library instruction classroom |
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