%0 Journal Article %1 christoph2009learning %A Held, Christoph %A Cress, Ulrike %D 2009 %J Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines %K 2read tagging %P 254--266 %T Learning by Foraging: The Impact of Social Tags on Knowledge Acquisition %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04636-0_24 %X In the last few years, social tagging systems have become a standard application of the World Wide Web. These systems can be considered as shared external knowledge structures of users on the Internet. In this paper, we describe how social taggingsystems relate to individual semantic memory structures and how social tags affect individual processes of learning and informationforaging. Furthermore, we present an experimental online study aimed at evaluating this interaction of external and internalstructures of spreading activation. We report on effects of social tagging systems as visualized collective knowledge representationson individual processes of information search and learning.

@article{christoph2009learning, abstract = {In the last few years, social tagging systems have become a standard application of the World Wide Web. These systems can be considered as shared external knowledge structures of users on the Internet. In this paper, we describe how social taggingsystems relate to individual semantic memory structures and how social tags affect individual processes of learning and informationforaging. Furthermore, we present an experimental online study aimed at evaluating this interaction of external and internalstructures of spreading activation. We report on effects of social tagging systems as visualized collective knowledge representationson individual processes of information search and learning.}, added-at = {2010-02-09T15:20:49.000+0100}, author = {Held, Christoph and Cress, Ulrike}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25b87e781a0c44c5b56b80961e2a3b1fa/kasimiro}, description = {SpringerLink - Book Chapter}, interhash = {d64bc4aabce520def1820e41250fbacf}, intrahash = {5b87e781a0c44c5b56b80961e2a3b1fa}, journal = {Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines}, keywords = {2read tagging}, pages = {254--266}, timestamp = {2010-02-09T15:20:49.000+0100}, title = {Learning by Foraging: The Impact of Social Tags on Knowledge Acquisition}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04636-0_24}, year = 2009 }