%0 Conference Paper %1 held2009learning %A Held, Christoph %A Cress, Ulrike %B Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines, Proceedings of the EC-TEL 2009 %C Berlin/Heidelberg %D 2009 %E Cress, U. %E Dimitrova, V. %E Specht, M. %I Springer %K e-learning ectel2009 fullPapers learning tagging %T Learning by Foraging: The Impact of Social Tags on Knowledge Acquisition %V 5794 %X In the last few years, social tagging systems have become a standard application of the World Wide Web. These systems can be considered as shared external knowledge structures of users on the Internet. In this paper, we describe how social tagging systems relate to individual semantic memory structures and how social tags affect individual processes of learning and information foraging. Furthermore, we present an experimental online study aimed at evaluating this interaction of external and internal structures of spreading activation. We report on effects of social tagging systems as visualized collective knowledge representations on individual processes of information search and learning.

@inproceedings{held2009learning, abstract = {In the last few years, social tagging systems have become a standard application of the World Wide Web. These systems can be considered as shared external knowledge structures of users on the Internet. In this paper, we describe how social tagging systems relate to individual semantic memory structures and how social tags affect individual processes of learning and information foraging. Furthermore, we present an experimental online study aimed at evaluating this interaction of external and internal structures of spreading activation. We report on effects of social tagging systems as visualized collective knowledge representations on individual processes of information search and learning.}, added-at = {2009-09-25T10:36:23.000+0200}, address = {Berlin/Heidelberg}, author = {Held, Christoph and Cress, Ulrike}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/292bcc9ab3e992c6245c5ff5ba547db66/ectel09}, booktitle = {Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines, Proceedings of the EC-TEL 2009}, editor = {Cress, U. and Dimitrova, V. and Specht, M.}, interhash = {d64bc4aabce520def1820e41250fbacf}, intrahash = {92bcc9ab3e992c6245c5ff5ba547db66}, keywords = {e-learning ectel2009 fullPapers learning tagging}, month = {October}, paperid = {1099}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, timestamp = {2009-09-25T10:36:26.000+0200}, title = {Learning by Foraging: The Impact of Social Tags on Knowledge Acquisition}, topic = {Full Papers}, volume = 5794, year = 2009 }