Wikipedia history analysis shows external assimilation: a user added only the CSILE/Knowledge Forum link without further changes¶

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q1 i? In the CSCL Wikipedia article, a revision on 20 February 2007 added only an external link while leaving the previous text unchanged, illustrating external assimilation. → Ulrike Cress & Joachim Kimmerle 2008

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Ulrike Cress & Joachim Kimmerle 2008¶

Ulrike Cress & Joachim Kimmerle. (2008). A systemic and cognitive view on collaborative knowledge building with wikis. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-007-9035-z

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Qualitative analysis of the Wikipedia article "Computer-supported collaborative learning" history pages: a user "simply added a link without any further changes of the previous text", which the authors describe as external assimilation since the wiki's organization remained the same.

"If we compare, for example, the first version on the 20th of February 2007 with the preceding version we find that there was only an external link (the CSILE/Knowledge Forum link) added."

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