Authors: Hany A. Ismail (The German University in Cairo, Egypt)
Volume/Issue: 16/1
ISSN: 1550-1876
EISSN: 1550-1337
DOI: 10.4018/IJICTE.2020010101
Date Posted: 1/1/2020 12:00:00 AM

Abstract

Many educational organizations are using Wikis to enhance virtual learning to encourage knowledge sharing inside between students and instructors. Wiki is an ideal tool for the online knowledge sharing at educational organizations which help to achieve more collaborative work environment between students and instructors. However, educational organizations sometimes fail of building successful virtual community and users abound Wikis for several reasons. This research explored the use of Wikis to share knowledge in virtual learning community. A proposed conceptual framework was developed examining the UTAUT model in new context by using it to test the behavior intention to share knowledge through the Wiki technology in virtual community. A survey to postgraduate students shows that social influence, performance, and effort expectancy have impact on students’ attitude to share knowledge through Wikis.

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