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The use of _new media_—multimedia elements and electronic modes of interaction—is at the core of contemporary efforts to enhance the learning experience of students at universities worldwide. This paper explores the use of general-purpose Wiki systems as a means to extend didactic scenarios in eLearning environments. Wiki systems are already used successfully in classrooms, and provide students with a novel means of learning, collaborating, and participating. Based on several classroom projects currently implemented at the Goethe-University Frankfurt, we identify important issues, success factors, requirements and problems, related to the use of Wikis as part of the classroom. These shape the basis for our concept to extend the standard Wiki functionality, in order to adapt the available technology to the e-enhanced classroom. A prototypical implementation is described that was developed as a basis for the implementation of the concept, and the summary illustrates current conclusions and lessons learned.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany
    Silvan Reinhold & Daniel F. Abawi

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  1. Silvan Reinhold
  2. Daniel F. Abawi

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  1. State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China
    Zhigeng Pan
  2. School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot Watt University, EH14 4AS, Edinburgh, Scotland
    Ruth Aylett
  3. Fraunhofer IGD, Joachim-Jungius-Strasse 11, 18059, Rostock, Germany
    Holger Diener
  4. State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, P.R. China
    Xiaogang Jin
  5. Digital Storytelling Dept, ZGDV e.V., Rundeturmstr. 10, P.O. Box, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany
    Stefan Göbel
  6. School of Management, Shenzhen University, 518060, Shenzhen, P.R. China
    Li Li

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Reinhold, S., Abawi, D.F. (2006). Concepts for Extending Wiki Systems to Supplement Collaborative Learning. In: Pan, Z., Aylett, R., Diener, H., Jin, X., Göbel, S., Li, L. (eds) Technologies for E-Learning and Digital Entertainment. Edutainment 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3942. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11736639\_93

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