Interaction of guidance types and the Need for Cognitive Closure in wiki-based learning.

ABSTRACT: One purpose of wikis is the collaborative generation of content. During creation processes, controversies between authors emerge that they discuss on the article's talk page. Research suggests that controversies based on opposing points of view and contradictory evidence can be fruitful to trigger individual elaboration processes. However, previous research also showed that many wikis are not necessarily suited to identify relevant discussion contents and thus users need additional support as guidance. In an experimental laboratory study (N = 181) on wiki talk pages, we investigated two guidance measures in conjunction with the need for cognitive closure: (1) visual markers to highlight controversy status (implicit guidance) and (2) a collaboration script that directs users t

SUBMITTER: Heimbuch S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6139018 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature