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willingness to share knowledg

CoW break down the walls of these rooms and provide an open space or arena for collaboration?

virtual CoPs need to make good use of internet standard technologies and users need to possess ICT skills.

CoW members would need to develop a sense of belonging

After initial enthusiasm, where a number of co-authors introduced themselves, things fell quiet, and I myself was as guilty as anybody else in not checking the forum any more after a few weeks of inactivity

– the collaborative writing of the final chapter – was moved to Google docs,

used a blog and wiki to write a 1,500 word essay in her discipline online and in real time.

http://anessayevolves.blogspot.com/

On the wiki, topic-related material was explored and drafts were constructed

In the online environment contributions were overwhelmingly supportive, non-hierarchical and candid.

wiki as a framework to create a comprehensive online knowledge base which covers the entire veterinary curriculum.

As part of the wiki, students maintain a personal profile which allows them to reflect on the experience

COPYEDITING-L (https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?A0=COPYEDITING-L)

How would their writing contributions – often practice based – fit in a CoW inhabited by academics writing for scholarly publications?

. Firstly, the need to find a medium for your CoW that works, that is widely used, and with which the would-be participants are familiar and comfortabl

ow is a CoW initiated? Can it be self-perpetuating or does it need leaders/mentors to drive it?

degree of intervention.