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Implementing the principles of constructivist approaches to learning Wiki systems are being utilized for various purposes, one of which concerns the education of medical and nursing students. Their use in medicine courses enhances a plethora of issues, most of which are related to the learning effectiveness and their integration into the course from an instructional perspective. The present chapter reviews numerous research studies focusing on the evaluation issues such as the variables and techniques that have been used. Also, related issues regarding the problems that arise from the evaluation methods and the priorities that should be taken are discussed under the scope of fully utilizing the potential of social software.
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Lazakidou, G., Siassiakos, K., Lazakidou, A., Ilioudi, C. (2010). Evaluation of Wikis Exploited for Medicine Courses Teaching. In: Lazakidou, A. (eds) Web-Based Applications in Healthcare and Biomedicine. Annals of Information Systems, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1274-9_12
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