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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ942471
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 30
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A Course Wiki: Challenges in Facilitating and Assessing Student-Generated Learning Content for the Humanities Classroom
Lazda-Cazers, Rasma
Journal of General Education, v59 n4 p193-222 2010
New Web technology allows for the design of traditionally lecture-centered humanities courses by fostering active learning and engaging students as producers of learning content. The article presents the experiences with a student-generated wiki for a Germanic Mythology course. Evaluations indicated an overwhelmingly positive student experience with the course wiki. (Contains 9 tables.)
Descriptors: Mythology, Active Learning, Student Experience, Humanities Instruction, Student Developed Materials, Technology Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Barriers, Performance Factors, Student Surveys, Participant Satisfaction, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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