Title: Writing a book with students, using Google docs as shared learning environment: an experience

Authors: Axel Benz

Addresses: Berlin School of Economics and Law, Badensche Strasse 50-51, Berlin 10825, Germany

Abstract: Google docs are used as shared learning environment to write a book together with 33 last semester Business Information Systems bachelor level students. Intentions, expectations, implementation and results of this experience are described. A rubric for the grading in similar projects is presented. The conclusion is, that writing a book together is an excellent way of higher semester, problem-based learning, but technical limitations still prevent the author from repeating the experience with Google docs. A more mature tool will be used in future.

Keywords: learning by teaching; interactive learning; editing tools; books; writing; Google docs; documents; internet; world wide web; shared learning; business information systems students; higher education; universities; semesters; bachelor degrees; grading rubrics; project intentions; project expectations; project implementation; problem-based learning; technical limitations; Germany; innovation; interactive media.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIIE.2010.036856

International Journal of Innovation in Education, 2010 Vol.1 No.2, pp.139 - 147

Published online: 12 Nov 2010 *

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