%0 Journal Article %1 Cress2008 %A Cress, Ulrike %A Kimmerle, Joachim %D 2008 %J International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning %K collaboration equilibration information learning social wiki %N 2 %P 105--122 %T A systemic and cognitive view on collaborative knowledge building with wikis %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11412-007-9035-z %V 3 %X Wikis provide new opportunities for learning and for collaborative knowledge building as well as for understanding these processes. This article presents a theoretical framework for describing how learning and collaborative knowledge building take place.In order to understand these processes, three aspects need to be considered: the social processes facilitated by a wiki, thecognitive processes of the users, and how both processes influence each other mutually. For this purpose, the model presentedin this article borrows from the systemic approach of Luhmann as well as from Piaget’s theory of equilibration and combinesthese approaches. The model analyzes processes which take place in the social system of a wiki as well as in the cognitivesystems of the users. The model also describes learning activities as processes of externalization and internalization. Individuallearning happens through internal processes of assimilation and accommodation, whereas changes in a wiki are due to activitiesof external assimilation and accommodation which in turn lead to collaborative knowledge building. This article provides empiricalexamples for these equilibration activities by analyzing Wikipedia articles. Equilibration activities are described as beingcaused by subjectively perceived incongruities between an individuals’ knowledge and the information provided by a wiki. Incongruitiesof medium level cause cognitive conflicts which in turn activate the described processes of equilibration and facilitate individuallearning and collaborative knowledge building.

@article{Cress2008, abstract = {Wikis provide new opportunities for learning and for collaborative knowledge building as well as for understanding these processes. This article presents a theoretical framework for describing how learning and collaborative knowledge building take place.In order to understand these processes, three aspects need to be considered: the social processes facilitated by a wiki, thecognitive processes of the users, and how both processes influence each other mutually. For this purpose, the model presentedin this article borrows from the systemic approach of Luhmann as well as from Piaget’s theory of equilibration and combinesthese approaches. The model analyzes processes which take place in the social system of a wiki as well as in the cognitivesystems of the users. The model also describes learning activities as processes of externalization and internalization. Individuallearning happens through internal processes of assimilation and accommodation, whereas changes in a wiki are due to activitiesof external assimilation and accommodation which in turn lead to collaborative knowledge building. This article provides empiricalexamples for these equilibration activities by analyzing Wikipedia articles. Equilibration activities are described as beingcaused by subjectively perceived incongruities between an individuals’ knowledge and the information provided by a wiki. Incongruitiesof medium level cause cognitive conflicts which in turn activate the described processes of equilibration and facilitate individuallearning and collaborative knowledge building.}, added-at = {2009-10-10T15:28:18.000+0200}, author = {Cress, Ulrike and Kimmerle, Joachim}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c840820cd2638f62a2ff561b31457a9d/schweste}, description = {SpringerLink - Zeitschriftenbeitrag}, interhash = {41afa7adfdb2bb28174e4ee83f4019cd}, intrahash = {c840820cd2638f62a2ff561b31457a9d}, journal = {International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning}, keywords = {collaboration equilibration information learning social wiki}, month = {#jun#}, note = {doi={10.1007/s11412-007-9035-z}}, number = 2, pages = {105--122}, timestamp = {2009-10-10T15:28:18.000+0200}, title = {A systemic and cognitive view on collaborative knowledge building with wikis}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11412-007-9035-z}, volume = 3, year = 2008 }