Proposing a Wiki-Based Technique for Collaborative Essay Writing

This paper aims at proposing a technique for students learning English as a foreign language when they collaboratively write an argumentative essay in a wiki environment. A wiki environment and collaborative work play an important role within the academic writing task. Nevertheless, an appropriate a...

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Main Authors: Mabel Ortiz Navarrete, Anita Ferreira Cabrera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2014-10-01
Series:Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/38877/47735
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description This paper aims at proposing a technique for students learning English as a foreign language when they collaboratively write an argumentative essay in a wiki environment. A wiki environment and collaborative work play an important role within the academic writing task. Nevertheless, an appropriate and systematic work assignment is required in order to make use of both. In this paper the proposed technique when writing a collaborative essay mainly attempts to provide the most effective way to enhance equal participation among group members by taking as a base computer mediated collaboration. Within this context, the students’ role is clearly defined and individual and collaborative tasks are explained.
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spelling doaj-art-6a02ea814f6f4ee38b0b0082cb4e9f362025-08-20T03:18:02ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902014-10-01162185198http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/profile.v16n2.38877Proposing a Wiki-Based Technique for Collaborative Essay WritingMabel Ortiz NavarreteAnita Ferreira CabreraThis paper aims at proposing a technique for students learning English as a foreign language when they collaboratively write an argumentative essay in a wiki environment. A wiki environment and collaborative work play an important role within the academic writing task. Nevertheless, an appropriate and systematic work assignment is required in order to make use of both. In this paper the proposed technique when writing a collaborative essay mainly attempts to provide the most effective way to enhance equal participation among group members by taking as a base computer mediated collaboration. Within this context, the students’ role is clearly defined and individual and collaborative tasks are explained.http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/38877/47735Collaborative writingessay writingwiki environment
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