Mass Collaboration and Education

Mass collaboration on Internet platforms like Wikipedia and Scratch, along with wider movements like the maker space and citizen science, are poised to have profound impacts on learning and education. Bringing together researchers from such fields as: psychology, education, information technology, a...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Cress, Ulrike (Editor), Moskaliuk, Johannes (Editor), Jeong, Heisawn (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Series ; 16
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:Mass collaboration on Internet platforms like Wikipedia and Scratch, along with wider movements like the maker space and citizen science, are poised to have profound impacts on learning and education. Bringing together researchers from such fields as: psychology, education, information technology, and economics, the book offers a comprehensive overview of mass collaboration, novel, cross disciplinary, theoretical accounts, and methodological approaches for studying and improving these massively collaborative enterprises. The book is aimed to serve as an information source for researchers, educators, and designers of platforms and learning environments.
Physical Description:VII, 411 p. 69 illus., 36 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319135366