How+to+Write+Collaboratively

What are the learning goals?
- content - skills

What tool to use?
- consider the learning goals - consider the type of assessment that will best reflect and measure those goals - determine the audience for the assessment - decide if the work needs to be synchronous or asynchronous = =

= = =Assessment Types=

//Process> can see the development of ideas//

 * idea generation/ brainstorming
 * discussion
 * early-stage writing

//Product> finalized publication//

 * project
 * presentation
 * document

//Process and Product> finalized publication with tracking of process and revision//

 * project
 * blog
 * document

To Wiki or Not to Wiki....?
When do you use a wiki, a blog, or a google doc for collaborative writing?

Product-focused Assignments: Considerations
>> from the University of Utah
 * Division of Labor
 * decided by the teacher or the students?
 * Video on three models for product-oriented collaborative writing: interactive, cooperative, co-authoring


 * Composition of Groups
 * writing skills
 * technology skills
 * content knowledge


 * Accountability
 * mini-deadlines
 * resolving conflicts in the group