Abstract: Wikipedia represents an intriguing new publishing paradigm—can it be used to engage students in authentic collaborative writing activities? How can we design wiki publishing tools and curricula to support learning among student authors? We suggest that wiki publishing environments can create learning opportunities that address four dimensions of authenticity: personal, real world, disciplinary, and assessment. We have begun a series of design studies to investigate links between wiki publishing experiences and writing-to-learn. The results of an initial study in an undergraduate government course indicate that perceived audience plays an important role in helping students monitor the quality of writing; however, students ’ perception of audience on the Internet is not straightforward. This preliminary iteration resulted in several guidelines that are shaping efforts to design and implement new wiki publishing tools and curricula for students and teachers. Wikipedia: This Just Doesn’t Make Sense A perplexing phenomenon has emerged online. Thousands of individuals have come together in one online community with the goal of building an encyclopedia of all human knowledge. This community relies on the work of volunteers, does not solicit contributions from experts, employs no formal review process, and allows people to
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