IRMA-International.org: Creator of Knowledge
Information Resources Management Association
Advancing the Concepts & Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations

How Wiki-Based Writing Influences College Students’ Collaborative and Individual Composing Products, Processes, and Learners’ Perceptions

How Wiki-Based Writing Influences College Students’ Collaborative and Individual Composing Products, Processes, and Learners’ Perceptions
View Sample PDF
Author(s): Hsien-Chin Liou (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)and Shiu-Lin Lee (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 17
Source title: Explorations of Language Teaching and Learning with Computational Assistance
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Professor Bin Zou (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1855-8.ch011

Purchase


Abstract

Recently, wikis have been claimed to facilitate collaborative-writing projects and bring positive impact on student learning. While most previous exploratory studies conducted in L2 classrooms focused on students’ perceptions and their collaborative process, students’ produced texts have seldom been carefully examined from linguistic perspectives. To aim towards a more comprehensive understanding of wiki-based collaborative writing, this study compares collaboratively and individually produced texts, explores the nature of the two different writing processes, and investigates students’ perspectives. An intact class of eighteen EFL college students participated. They completed two writing tasks collaboratively and individually on wikis. Both qualitative and quantitative measures were adopted to analyze the data in order to probe students’ writing products, composing processes, and perceptions. Results of this study revealed that wiki-based collaborative writing tasks have offered students good opportunities to learn from each other and students believe such collaborative activities improved their writing.

Related Content

Aleksandra Porjazoska Kujundziski, Jordan Bojadjiev. © 2025. 54 pages.
Ushaa Eswaran, Vivek Eswaran, Keerthna Murali, Vishal Eswaran. © 2025. 38 pages.
Bryan R. Drost, Char Shryock. © 2025. 36 pages.
Rizgar Qasim Mahmood. © 2025. 34 pages.
Selen Emre Wallace, Hilal Peker, Cagri Ozkose-Biyik. © 2025. 30 pages.
Marina Pappa. © 2025. 16 pages.
Marija Stevkovska. © 2025. 24 pages.
Body Bottom