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Abstract
The current study aimed to investigate the effect of Collaborative Online Learning (COL) strategy on developing four of the EFL creative writing skills (accuracy, flexibility, fluency, and originality) of EFL college students.Forty two students enrolled in the second year, English Language Department,Faculty of Education, Shebin El-Kom Menoufia University, were the participants of this study. The researcher designed two equivalent versions of
the EFL Creative Writing Test to be used as a pre and a post test, a scoring
rubric to be used for the grading of the students’ writings, an electronic
enrichment EFL Creative Writing Course, two students’ guides based on
Moodle and wikis for collaborative writing, a teacher’s guide for using Moodle
to implement the COL strategy, and a questionnaire of students’ attitudes
towards collaborative writing and the COL strategy. Moodle wikis were used
as a platform for students’ collaborative writings tasks. The data obtained were
statistically analyzed. Findings revealed that the COL strategy was effective in
developing the students’ creative writing skills. In addition, there was a positive
attitude towards COL.
Keywords: Collaborative Online Learning (COL) –Course Management
Systems (CMSs) - Moodle- Wikis- Collaborative Writing- Creative Writing.