Appendix B Teacher semi-structured interviews schedule

Topics Sub-topics Interview questions

1-What do you think of using wikis for carrying out
Perceptions of wiki use collaborative writing activities?
Prompts:
(1) The use of wiki  Can you describe your feelings? Prompts: Do you
like/dislike it? Probes: Why? (Paraphrased)
technology
Experience (added) (2) Can you describe your own experience of using a wiki?
Prompts:
 Was it easy/difficult to use? Why?
 What technical issues did you encounter?
 How did you deal with these?
3- How do you feel about communicating online with your
Perceptions of students?
interacting via a wiki Prompts:
 Do you like/dislike that? Why?
 What are the things you like most about
communicating online with them? Why?
 What are the things you like least? Why?
(2) Interacting with
4- Can you talk about your experiences whilst you were
students via a wiki Experiences interacting with the students online?
Prompts:
 Was it easy/difficult? Why? (added)
 What benefits do you see of interacting with them
online?
 What difficulties did you encounter?
 How did you overcome these difficulties?
 What assistance did you provide for students?
 Can you talk about your role? Give examples of the
assistance you offered.
 What wiki rules did you set up? Why were they
necessary?
5- How do you feel about doing online wiki collaborative
Perceptions writing activities?
 How do you feel about
a. Planning these activities
b. Managing the brainstorming process
(3) Carrying c. Managing the online contribution/discussion
collaborative writing d. Giving online feedback to students (language
activities in online /content)
wiki e- reading students’ drafts on the wiki
6-Can you describe your experiences of
Experiences a. Planning online activities
b. Managing the online brainstorming process
c. Managing the online discussion and contributions
d. Giving students feedback (content/language)
e. Reading students’ drafts on the wiki
(4) Students’ online Students online 7- How well did the students work together online? Can you
writing behaviours behaviours talk about this?
8-Describe some instances when you observed some or few
students, who did not participate in the wiki. Can you give
reasons for this based on what you observed?
(5) Concluding question 12- Do you have anything else that you would like to say
about your experiences of using wikis to carry out
collaborative activities?
Appendix c students semi-structured interviews schedule

Topics Sub-topics Interview questions

Perceptions 1-What do you think of using wikis for doing collaborative writing activities?
The use of wiki Prompts:
technology  Can you describe your feelings? Prompts: do you like/dislike it?
Probes: Why? (Paraphrased)
Experience 2- Can you describe your own experience of using wikis?
(added) Prompts:
 Was it easy/difficult? Why?
 What technical issues did you encounter?
 How did you deal with these?
3-How do you feel about communicating online with teachers via wiki-based
Interacting Perceptions collaborative writing activities?
with teachers Prompts:
via a wiki  What do you think of her online presence?
 Do you like/dislike interacting with her via a wiki? Why?
4-Can you describe your own experience of interacting with the teacher via a
wiki?
 Was it difficult /easy? Why?
Experience  What were the benefits of having a teacher present in the wiki
context?
 What were the drawbacks of having a teacher in the wiki context?
 What challenges did you face while interacting with her?
 What kind of assistance did she offer to your group?
Perceptions 5-How do you feel about communicating online with your classmates in
wiki- based collaborative writing activities?
Perceptions of  What do think of working with them online?
interacting  Do you like/dislike interacting with them via a wiki? Why?
with friends 6- Can you describe your own experience of interacting with your class
via a wiki mates via wiki?
Experience  Was it difficult/easy? Why?
 What were the benefits of interacting with them via wiki?
 What were the drawbacks of interacting with them via wiki?
 What challenges did you face while interacting with them?

Perceptions 7-How do you feel about doing online wiki collaborative writing activities?
Prompts:
 How do you feel about:
Perceptions of 1. Doing online brainstorming (i.e., sharing your ideas with
wiki-based others)?
collaborative 2. Writing your drafts on the wiki?
writing 3. Reading your friends’ drafts on the wiki?
activities (i.e., 4. Giving content feedback to others on the wiki?
the phases of 5. Giving language feedback to others on the wiki?
collaborative 6. Receiving content feedback from others
writing) (teachers/friends) on the wiki?
7. Receiving language feedback from others
(teachers/friends) on the wiki?
Experiences 8-Can you talk about your own experience when you engaged in all these
phases?
Concluding 11-Do you have anything else that you would like to say about your
question perceptions of using wikis to carry out collaborative activities?