Collaborative writing tools in engineering education : challenges for knowledge management and sharing

Abstract

Along with the change of the internet paradigm to Web 2.0, it exists huge and varied online applications for several aims, in which the user faces a stimulating environment to produce information. Within this scope, collaborative writing tools as wikis have shown advantages for a variety of different uses in educational contexts. Wikis are already used in many countries, which means that schools and companies have adopted them whether to share or to manage knowledge. In Engineering Education, this tool becomes helpful in the development of projects, ideas and assistant management, as it stimulates collective cooperation and intelligence.