McMullen, Shaun
Harrington K., O'Neill P., & Reynolds, L. (2011). Using wikis and blogs to support writing development: The online evolving essay project. In Little, S. (Ed), Staff-Student Partnerships in Higher Education. New York: Continuum Books.
Summary: Lynn Reynolds was a student at London Metropolitan University when she sought help from the writing centre in order to improve her academic writing skills. She was inspired by the collaborative experience she found there, but also found that she could not always access resources when she needed it. She decided to experiment with using blogs and wikis in order to bring that collaborative environment to a space that was accessible around the clock. What she and others found was that their own writing skills were enriched when staff and students collaborated online.
Evaluation: This article is interesting in that it demonstrates that online collaboration is something that can help even with something as technical as academic writing. It also demonstrates the power of something collaborative that originated with the students and was helped along by staff, rather than the other way around.
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