The Effect of Wikis and Face-to-Face Collaborative Writing on
the Writing Performance and Self- regulated Learning Skills
amongMona S. Mhmoad | 30/09/2012 Wikis, as one of the Web 2.0
social networking tools, are web sites, the content of which can
be edited by visitors to the site, allowing users to easily
create and edit pages collaboratively. This study aims at
investigating the effect of using wikis and face –to- face
collaborative writing on the writing performance and self-
regulated learning skills among EFL college students. The study
comprises 66 female participants enrolled in Writing 4, an
advanced writing course, at Level 4 in the College of Education
at Dhahran Al-Janoub, King Khaled University, Saudi Arabia. The
experimental group (n=34) used wikis for collaborative essay
writing while the control group (n=32) used face-to-face
collaboration. Results of the study revealed that students using
wikis as collaborative writing tools outperformed those using
face-to-face collaborative writing in essay