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Vetter, Matthew A. – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
Research in rhetoric and writing has found that Wikipedia-based education allows for direct and transparent observation of practices and concepts related to writing process, research, social collaboration, and digital rhetoric while also providing opportunities for authentic writing situations. However, much of this literature has been focused on…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Collaborative Writing, Web 2.0 Technologies, Writing Processes
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Di Lauro, Frances – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
This paper brings to light the notable contributions of Wikipedian Adrianne Wadewitz (1977-2014) who enlisted her peers and students to help reduce the gender imbalance by participating in mass collaborative initiatives like edit-a-thons to increase the stock of knowledge about and of interest to women. Such projects, and the edit-a-thons that…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Collaborative Writing, Gender Differences, Web Sites
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Knudsen, Sanne – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Though the notion of the "problem" is central to self-directed and research-like problem-oriented learning approaches in universities, few studies have focused on how students themselves conceptualize it. The purpose of this study is to investigate how university students communicatively frame "the problem-oriented problem" in…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Humanities, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods