7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration
Mountain View, California
October 3-5, 2011
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Feedback mechanisms and their impact on motivation to contribute to wikis in higher education
Authors: Athanasios Mazarakis and Clemens van Dinther.
Abstract: The success of Wikis depends very strongly on the user participation and the willingness to edit. In this paper we examine within an experiment which influence different kinds of feedback have on the motivation to edit a Wiki page. The results indicate a positive impact of feedback on the willingness to participate in the Wiki for any of the used feedback mechanisms.