Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2012
Publication Title
The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education (JUNE)
Abstract
To help students master the content of a neurophysiology course, they were asked to participate in collaborative writing projects. In the first two years, students contributed to a class wiki by summarizing one lecture and editing summaries of several others. In the second two years, students worked in teams of three or four to write a series of illustrated chapters spanning the entire semester. The second assignment kept students more engaged than the wiki project, and although they found it a significant amount of work, they also believed that it helped them learn the subject matter. Working in teams, however, was not always a happy experience.
Keywords
writing, collaboration, learning strategies, class notes, online work, wiki, Google Docs, neurophysiology course
Volume
11
Issue
1
First Page
A82
Last Page
A89
Rights
Copyright © 2012 Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience www.funjournal.org
Recommended Citation
Olivo, Richard F., "Collaborative Online Writing Assignments to Foster Active Learning" (2012). Neuroscience: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/nsc_facpubs/4
Comments
Archived as published.