When most people think of wikis, the first—and usually the only—thing that comes to mind is Wikipedia. The editors of Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom, Robert E. Cummings and Matt Barton, have assembled a collection of essays that challenges this common misconception, providing an engaging and helpful array of perspectives on the many pressing theoretical and practical issues that wikis raise.


Written in an engaging and accessible manner that will appeal to specialists and novices alike, Wiki Writing draws on a wealth of practical classroom experiences with wikis to offer a series of richly detailed and concrete suggestions to help educators realize the potential of these new writing environments.


Introduction: “What Was a Wiki, and Why Do I Care? A Short and Usable History of Wikis”
            Robert E. Cummings, Columbus State University


Wikis and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Chapter 1: “Wikis in the Classroom: A Taxonomy”
            Mark Phillipson, Columbia University

Chapter 2: “Wiki Justice, Social Ergonomics, and Ethical Collaborations”
            Jonah Bossewitch, Columbia University
            John Frankfurt, Columbia University
            Alexander Sherman, Civic Consulting Alliance
            Robin D.G. Kelley, University of Southern California

Chapter 3: “Building Learning Communities with Wikis”
            Dan Gilbert, Stanford University
            Helen L. Chen, Stanford University      
            Jeremy Sabol, Stanford University

Chapter 4: “Success Through Simplicity: On Developmental Writing and Communities of Inquiry.”
            John W. Maxwell, Simon Fraser University                  
            Michael Felczak, Simon Fraser University


Wikis in Composition and Communication Classrooms

Chapter 5: “Disrupting Intellectual Property: Collaboration and Resistance in Wikis”
            Stephanie Vie, Fort Lewis College       
            Jennifer deWinter, University of Arizona

Chapter 6: “Agency and Accountability: The Paradoxes of Wiki Discourse”      
            Daniel Caeton, University of California, Davis

Chapter 7: “One Wiki, Two Classrooms”
            David Elfving, University of Illinois, Chicago
            Ericka Menchen-Trevino, Northwestern University

Chapter 8: “Content and Commentary: Parallel Structures of Organization and Interaction on Wikis”     
            Will Lakeman, Independent Scholar

Chapter 9: “Above and Below the Double Line: Refactoring and that Old-Time Revision”
            Michael C Morgan, Bemidji State University


Wikis and the Higher Education Classroom

Chapter 10: “Is there a Wiki in this Class? Wikibooks and the Future of Higher Education”       
            Matt Barton, St. Cloud State University

Chapter 11: “Wiki as Textshop: Constructing Knowledge in the Electronic Classroom” 
            Thomas J. Nelson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Chapter 12: “Wiki Lore and Politics in the Classroom” 
            Cathlena Martin and Lisa Dusenberry, University of Florida

Chapter 13: “Glossa Technologia: Anatomy of a Wiki-Based Annotated Bibliography”
            Ben McCorkle, University of Ohio, Marion

Chapter 14: “An (Old) First-Timer's Learning Curve: Curiosity, Trial, Resistance, and Accommodation”           
            Bob Whipple, Creighton University