Johnson-Eilola and Selber

I found Johndan Johnson-Eilola and Stuart A. Selbers article on Commons-Based Pegagogies and the Social Turn in Technical Communitcation a hard read to follow. After completing the reading, I found that I did not retain much or grasp the point of the article. I am still unsure of what the topic means and how it pertains to public writing. After completing writing in an online evironment, I am familiar with the Wiki platform, however, I still did not follow the articles emphasis and example using WikiHow.com.

For those without a similar previous knowlege on the Wiki platform, I assume that the article is difficult to follow as well. One way to help understand the article is to understand the title. Prior to reading the article, I was unaware of the meaning of "pedagogy," the function or work of a teacher; teaching. To further understand the article, I found another article on sciencedirect.com that I believe further explains the topic and includes a solid explanation of what a "Wiki" is. Similar to Joshnson-Eiola and Selber's article it discusses assumptions that include New media, collaborative writing, critical interaction, and online authority. The article offers different ways in which computers and writing scholarship is turning toward technical communication as a pedagogical, or teaching, model. The article is a valuble and benefical read for someone who wants to write about the public sphere because as Wiki defines public sphere, "The public sphere is an area in social life where individuals can come together to freely discuss and identify societal problems, and through that discussion influence political action."  Wiki is one of the various places where on can write on the public sphere by simply editing and contributing to different pages similar to that discussed in Joshnson-Eiola and Selber's article. Through the ScienceDirect article, the reader can learn more about what a Wiki is prior to using it as an example to explain a topic.  

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