2008/11/26 Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com>om>:
If our response to coordinated student editing is
dismissive or punitive,
and it often is, then we should not be encouraging educators to assign it to
their students.
It depends on the quality of the assignment they give. I liked this
one because it was "You have to make an actual good addition, no
foolin'." We've had other student editing projects that have resulted
in fantastically good new material. YMMV, but I certainly wouldn't
regard it as an intrinsically bad idea.
- d.