Collaboration, Virtual Community, Electronic Resources, and Presentations/Speeches

Using Wikipedia to Reenvision the Term Paper

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Title:Using Wikipedia to Reenvision the Term Paper (ID: EDU07287)
Author(s):Andreas Brockhaus (University of Washington Bothell) and Martha Groom (University of Washington Bothell)
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (10/23/2007)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:

The structure of the traditional term paper can limit its educational value. To make the assignment more meaningful, students published their papers in Wikipedia. This session will examine how publishing for a large online community motivated students to do better work and deal with issues of voice, knowledge, and community.

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Expanding Cyber Communities

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Title:Expanding Cyber Communities (ID: ELI0603)
Author(s):Cathy N. Davidson (Duke University)
Origin:Presented at ELI Meetings (01/30/2006)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:Information technologies provide us with tools to work together at greater distances and with more partners than ever before. But have we changed the intellectual communities in which we work? This talk illustrates the growth of cyber communities using HASTAC ("haystack": Humanities, Arts, Sciences, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory), an informal, voluntary consortium.
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