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Wiki: Using the Web Connections to Connect Students

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The present study reports on action research conducted using a resource wiki. Participants included 48 certified teachers and pre-service teachers enrolled in a face-to-face graduate course supplemented with online activities. Data collected include student reflections that indicate the use of a wiki at the university level is a feasible means of online collaboration, facilitates constructing new knowledge, and provides a medium of modeling technology integration into the classroom.

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Donne, V. Wiki: Using the Web Connections to Connect Students. TECHTRENDS TECH TRENDS 56, 31–36 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-012-0561-9

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