Online+Collaborative+Writing+and+the+Chat+of+Mankind

University of Western Ontario, December 6, 2007

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1. Collaborative writing //online//

 * What is it?
 * Major benefits (among them, some [|sound practical reasons]...)
 * Major challenges
 * A sample [|collaborative writing assignment]

2. Three tools for collaborating online

 * Beyond "track-changes"--[|Googledocs], [|ThinkFree]
 * Threaded discussions--"[|hierarchical]", closed, single authorship
 * Wikis--"flat", open, distributed authorship(s)...and [|somewhat "messy"]

3. Social Software and the "'Chat' of Mankind"

 * Wikis unbound--
 * Article: "[|Teaching and Learning Online with Wikis]"
 * A[| student wiki]
 * Facebook--
 * [|Cool visuals], social frivolity...but what about writing?
 * Teachers beware? [|Scandal and mayhem!]
 * [|Academics weigh in]
 * Welcome to "[|Teaching with Technology]" on Facebook