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**FIRST VERSION OF THE SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE "WHAT IS COLLABORATIVE LEARNING?"**
"Collaborative learning" is the term used for different educational approaches that require from the students commitment and intellectual effort. Most of the times, the students work in pairs or even in small groups in order to help each other with doubts and problems that might come along during the course's run. As opposed to the tradicional lectures that are focused on the teacher, collaborative learning focus on students’ involvement with the course material. Even though, this educational proposal breaks a lot of teaching traditions, there are some aspects that have to be observed in order for it to work properly. For instance, in order to improve one's laerning is important to be commited and active during the constructive process. Also, instead of being only viewers when it comes to learning, with collaborative work, students raise questions and work together in order to find the answers, improving their problem - solving skills. It is important to keep in mind that each and every student have their own learning style and teachers can no longer assume a one-size-fits- all approach. Collaborative activities vary between classroom discussions,short lectures, group researching that last a whole term or year. The oldest collaborative form of work is peer editing, term used to define the process of students teaching and correcting their fellow students. Learning collaboratively takes a lot of effort but "the result can be a community of learners in which everyone is welcome to join, participate and grow".

====**SECOND VERSION OF THE SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE "WHAT IS COLLABORATIVE LEARNING?" ** ==== "Collaborative learning" is the term used for different educational approaches that require from the students commitment and intellectual effort from the students. Most of the time s, the students work in pairs or even in small groups in order to help each other with doubts and problems that might come along during the course 's run. As opposed to the tradicional lectures that are focused on the teacher, collaborative learning focus es on students’ involvement with the course material. Even though, this educational proposal breaks a lot of teaching traditions, there are some aspects that have to be observed in order for it to work properly. For instance, in order to improve one's learning it is important to be commited and active during the constructive process. Also, instead of being only viewers when it comes to learning, with collaborative work, students raise questions and work together in order to find the answers, improving their problem- solving abilities. It is important to keep in mind that each and every student have has their own learning style and teachers can no longer assume a one-size-fits-all approach. Collaborative activities vary between classroom discussions,short lectures, and group research ing that last a whole term or year. The oldest collaborative form of work is peer editing, term used to define the process of students teaching and correcting their fellow students' work. Learning collaboratively takes a lot of effort but "the result can be a community of learners in which everyone is welcome to join, participate and grow".

Great work, Thais! You did a good job recognizing and retelling the main ideas of the article. Your writing style is very appropriate for the summary genre, but just make sure that you pay attention to the clarity of your sentences. Try to write as concisely as possible and avoid long sentences (use commas only when you need to!). With just a few changes, you will have a great final draft! -Kimi

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**FINAL VERSION OF THE SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE "WHAT IS COLLABORATIVE LEARNING?"**
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">In “What is Collaborative Learning?” Barbara Leigh Smith and Jean T. MacGregor define "Collaborative learning" as the term used for different educational approaches that require commitment and intellectual effort from the students. Most of the time, the students work in pairs or in small groups in order to help each other with questions and problems that might come along during the course. As opposed to the tradicional lectures that are focused on the teacher, collaborative learning focuses on students’ involvement with the course material. Even though this educational proposal breaks a lot of teaching traditions, there are some aspects that have to be observed in order for it to work properly. For instance, in order to improve one's learning it is important to be commited and active during the constructive process. Also, with collaborative work, instead of being only viewers when it comes to learning, students raise questions and work together in order to find the answers, improving their problem- solving abilities. It is important to keep in mind that every student has his/her own learning style and teachers can no longer assume a one-size-fits-all approach.

Collaborative activities vary between classroom discussions,short lectures, and group research that last a whole term or year.

The oldest collaborative form of work is peer editing. This is the term used to define the process of students teaching each other and correcting each other's' work.

Learning collaboratively takes a lot of effort but "the result can be a community of learners in which everyone is welcome to join, participate and grow" (p.9).

According to the article written by Kevin R. Parker and Joseph T. Chao " a wiki is a web communication and collaboration tool that can be used to engage students in learning with others within a collaborative environment". <range type="comment" id="84099"> Wikis play an important role when it comes to involving students in their own construction of knowledge. In addition to that, Wiki is also a social software in which everyone can participate and that makes "possible powerful information sharing and straightforward collaboration" (Boulos et al., 2006). Although the wiki tool was introduced more than ten years ago, its use is relatively new in Higher Education, that has only recently begun to explore the potential educational value of <range type="comment" id="825582"> wikis as "a mean to promote deeper learning and integration of learning experiences from both inside the classroom and out". There are several uses for <range type="comment" id="202854"> wiki, for instance development of research projects and publishiment of course resources, such as handouts. Wikis are often compared to blogs,because they both appeared about a decade ago and also because they both offer an easy and fast publishing tool for spreading and sharing information as well as getting feedback. Despite the similarities, they are not the same thing,since Wikis are intended for users to create knowledge repositories, while blogs are intended for writing personal diaries. Spreading the use of Wikis for educational purposes will allow educators "to better prepare students to make innovative uses of collaborative software tools".
 * FIRST VERSION OF THE SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE " WIKI AS A TEACHING TOOL"**


 * SECOND VERSION OF THE SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE " WIKI AS A TEACHING TOOL"**

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As above, this is a great summary! Work on breaking apart your longer sentences so your points come across more clearly for your reader, and remember to always cite your quotations. Good work. -Kimi


 * FINAL VERSION OF THE SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE " WIKI AS A TEACHING TOOL"**

According to the article "Wiki as a Teaching Tool" by Kevin R. Parker and Joseph T. Chao "a wiki is a web communication and collaboration tool that can be used to engage students in learning with others within a collaborative environment"(p.57). Wikis play an important role when it comes to involving students in their own construction of knowledge. Wiki is also a social software in which everyone can participate and that makes "possible powerful information sharing and straightforward collaboration" (Boulos et al., 2006). Although the wiki tool was introduced more than ten years ago, its use is relatively new in higher education. Third level education has only recently begun to explore the potential educational value of Wikis as "a means to promote deeper learning and integration of learning experiences from both inside the classroom and out"(p.60).

There are several uses for Wiki, such as the development of research projects and publishing course resources, such as handouts.

Wikis are often compared to blogs.They both appeared about a decade ago and they both offer an easy and fast publishing tool for spreading and sharing information as well as getting feedback. Despite the similarities, they are not the same thing. Wikis are intended for users to create knowledge repositories, while blogs are intended for writing personal diaries.

Spreading the use of Wikis for educational purposes will allow educators "to better prepare students to make innovative uses of collaborative software tools" (p.67).