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Positive effects of the use of blogs and wikis in psycho-educational variables: A review of international studies (2010-2013); Efectos positivos del uso de blogs y wikis en variables psicoeducativas: Revisión de estudios internacionales (2010-2013)

Estudios Sobre Educacion
Journal · Vol. 29 · pp. 103-122
Abstract

We describe the positive effects that the using of two Web 2.0 tools (blogs and wikis) produce in several psycho-educational variables through the literature review of thirty and two international empirical studies publish in last four years (2010-2013) in impacts journals. The results evidence that the use of blogs and wikis promotes the collaboration, the participation, the social interaction and socialization, at the same time these tools increase the motivation, the satisfaction, the performance and the feedback and this tools favour the developing of critical and creative thinking skills.

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E-learning Web 2.0 Blogs Wiki

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Universidad de León, Leon, Castile-Leon, Spain
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