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Woodrich, Megan; Fan, Yanan – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2017
Aim/Purpose: In this study, the authors examine how an online word processing tool can be used to encourage participation among students of different language backgrounds, including English Language Learners. To be exact, the paper discusses whether student participation in anonymous collaborative writing via Google Docs can lead to more…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Word Processing, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Alsubaie, Jawaher; Ashuraidah, Ali – English Language Teaching, 2017
Online teaching and learning became popular with the evolution of the World Wide Web now days. Implementing online learning tools within EFL contexts will help better address the multitude of teaching and learning styles. Difficulty in academic writing can be considered one of the common problems that students face in and outside their classrooms.…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Educational Technology
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Kessler, Greg; Bikowski, Dawn; Boggs, Jordan – Language Learning & Technology, 2012
This study investigates Web-based, project oriented, many-to-many collaborative writing for academic purposes. Thirty-eight Fulbright scholars in an orientation program at a large Midwestern university used a Web-based word processing tool to collaboratively plan and report on a research project. The purpose of this study is to explore and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Collaborative Writing, Writing Processes, Teaching Methods
Ashworth, Daniel; Atmore, David – 1989
This study sought to examine the group dynamics of children working and learning collaboratively on a computer-based instructional writing task. Standard 3 and 4 children at two urban primary schools in the Dunedin area of New Zealand were assigned the task of producing illustrated interactive stories using the "Twist-a-plot" program.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Allen, Gayle; Thompson, Ann – 1994
This study examined the effects of a computer-mediated networked learning environment on the writing of fifth grade students who used word processing to write four texts collaboratively during an 8-week period. A telecommunication network was utilized to allow the students in the experimental group to send their work via e-mail to an audience of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning
Franklin, Sharon, Ed.; Madian, Jon, Ed. – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1986
Produced using a Macintosh Plus and LaserWriter Printer, these journals present articles relating to word processing in the classroom. Articles and their authors for the November/December 1986 issue include: "Computer Assisted Instruction: Western Europe" (Owen and Irene Thomas); "FrEd Writing" (B. Fleury); "Writing Up a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Cooperative Learning, Creative Writing