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Chapter 78
Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
Web pages developed collaboratively
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Cybercells and the Integration of Actual and Virtual Groups
Ken Stevens (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 4
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch078
Abstract
A cybercell describes the integration of actual and virtual groups in which face to face members extend their discussions to collaborate with virtual visitors (Stevens & Stewart, 2005). Cybercells enable groups of people meeting in physical spaces to engage with virtual visitors using a range of contemporary and emerging technologies. Teachers, for example, are provided with opportunities to discuss their work with other teachers on-site and on-line simultaneously. Students can also discuss their work in classrooms and collaborate with their peers located in other schools who are able to participate in their learning space virtually. By extending one’s learning from actual (face to face) spaces to include virtual visitors, learning environments can be extended.
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Chapter 13
Reconciling Social Media with Luxury Fashion Brands: An Exploratory Study
Are websites that allow people to add content to or edit hosted information acting as a communal document or database. The best-known wiki is Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia that has over 2 million English language articles.
Published in Chapter: Reconciling Social Media with Luxury Fashion Brands: An Exploratory Study; From: Handbook of Research on Management of Cultural Products: E-Relationship Marketing and Accessibility Perspectives
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Chapter 699
Revisiting Web 2.0
Content-driven sites which are editable by all participants and focus on harnessing the collective knowledge of all users.
Published in Chapter: Revisiting Web 2.0; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 133
Customer Relationship Management and Social Media Use
Websites created collaboratively which allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser.
Published in Chapter: Customer Relationship Management and Social Media Use; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 16
Future Tools for Sharing Knowledge: Virtual Communities in the Web3D
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Chapter 5
The Integration of Social Media Into Event Tourism
They are websites that allow all users to create a common database where they can add or edit information on various topics. The most important example is Wikipedia.
Published in Chapter: The Integration of Social Media Into Event Tourism; From: Impact of ICTs on Event Management and Marketing
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Chapter 65
Future Methods of Adult Education
On-line documents jointly compiled by groups such as Wikipedia.
Published in Chapter: Future Methods of Adult Education; From: Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technologies and Adult Education Integration
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Chapter 8
Developing Key Competences for Life-Long Learning through Virtual Collaboration: Teaching ICT in English as a Medium of Instruction
A web 2.0 asynchronous tool that can facilitate collaborative writing. It allows for multiple users to edit the same document, offers great flexibility in the management of information and can enhance social interaction.
Published in Chapter: Developing Key Competences for Life-Long Learning through Virtual Collaboration: Teaching ICT in English as a Medium of Instruction; From: Handbook of Research on Foreign Language Education in the Digital Age
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Chapter 117
The Web 2.0 Trend: Implications for the Modern Business
Content-driven sites which are editable by all participants and focus on harnessing the collective knowledge of all users.
Published in Chapter: The Web 2.0 Trend: Implications for the Modern Business; From: Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Global Economy
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Chapter 3
Establishing a Praxis Between Sociocultural Perspectives and CALL-Based Practices
The Hawaiian word for quick , used to refer to a website with pages that the users can contribute and edit, often including photos, videos, and texts.
Published in Chapter: Establishing a Praxis Between Sociocultural Perspectives and CALL-Based Practices; From: CALL Theory Applications for Online TESOL Education
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Chapter 10
A Social Capital Perspective on Collaboration and Web 2.0
Web-based applications that can be used for collaborative knowledge management.
Published in Chapter: A Social Capital Perspective on Collaboration and Web 2.0; From: Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends
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Chapter 2
Factors Affecting the Adoption of Web 2.0 Technologies by University Students: Evidence from Australia
Are websites created in a collaborative manner by multiple users. They permit users to modify, update or delete contents (e.g., Wikipedia “ http://en.wikipedia.org AU19: The URL http://en.wikipedia.org has been redirected to https://en.wikipedia.org/. Please verify the URL. ”).
Published in Chapter: Factors Affecting the Adoption of Web 2.0 Technologies by University Students: Evidence from Australia; From: Handbook of Research on Learning Outcomes and Opportunities in the Digital Age
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Chapter 15
Teaching Credibility of Sources in an Age of CMC
A wiki is a type of Web site that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative authoring.
Published in Chapter: Teaching Credibility of Sources in an Age of CMC; From: Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication
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Chapter 33
Portable Handheld Language Learning from CALL MALL to PALL
Special Web pages that can be immediately edited by any Web reader. A typical example is Wikipedia, a vast, multilingual encyclopaedia written, edited, and updated by any reader.
Published in Chapter: Portable Handheld Language Learning from CALL MALL to PALL; From: Handbook of Research on E-Learning Methodologies for Language Acquisition
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Chapter 15
Teaching Credibility of Sources in an Age of CMC
A wiki is a type of Web site that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative authoring.
Published in Chapter: Teaching Credibility of Sources in an Age of CMC; From: Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication
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Chapter 244
WikOLAP: Integration of Wiki and OLAP Systems
Systems that use dynamic Web pages to create cumulative information contents. They allow users to the possibility of saving a very large number of versions of the same page, and to revert to a former version.
Published in Chapter: WikOLAP: Integration of Wiki and OLAP Systems; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 16
Librarian as Collaborator: Bringing E-Learning 2.0 Into the Classroom by Way of the Library
A wiki is collaborative tool or space, that can have multiple contributors. The creator of a wiki has control over who can access and read it, as well as who has editing power. Wikis are used to share information or collaborate with a wide population, or a select few. Wikipedia is one example of a popular wiki. For this book chapter, the authors collaborated and shared information and drafts using a private wiki
Published in Chapter: Librarian as Collaborator: Bringing E-Learning 2.0 Into the Classroom by Way of the Library; From: Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends
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Chapter 19
Applying Web 2.0 Technologies to Traditional Teaching
A website which can be updated by allowed members. It is an excellent tool for collaboration (especially when members are geographically dispersed).
Published in Chapter: Applying Web 2.0 Technologies to Traditional Teaching; From: Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technologies and Adult Education Integration
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