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Wiki-Based Collaborative Writing in Educational Settings: Positive and Negative Effects, Recommendations, and Near-Future Trends
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, University of Agder, Norway

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Jacksonville, Florida, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-07-0 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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Wikis have been promoted as collaborative writing tools that enable students to create a topic-related content using wiki technology. The content is developed collaboratively through students’ contributions to the wiki. A data log of the wiki tracks all contributions in form of actions that can be analysed using a taxonomy of category actions. The main goal of this paper is to analyse students’ collaborative writing activities in teacher education. The key findings, positive and negative effects of wikis on collaborative writing are discussed. Recommendations to enhance the quality of collaborative writing and possible trends for the near future are also envisaged.

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Hadjerrouit, S. (2014). Wiki-Based Collaborative Writing in Educational Settings: Positive and Negative Effects, Recommendations, and Near-Future Trends. In M. Searson & M. Ochoa (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2014--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 868-872). Jacksonville, Florida, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved July 1, 2022 from .

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