During the process of building the metaAcademia project, our small group utilized the same Web 2.0 and social media tools that were the subject of our study. This was necessitated in large part because all four members of the group are located in different states. We also wanted to model the sorts of collaborative activities that can occur when using the technology under study. Throughout the ten-week process, we communicated via social networking sites, synchronous discussion spaces, cloud computing, email, and various other Web 2.0 tools and social media sites. The documents of our collaborative process are included here and are intended to demonstrate one way that these tools can be used in any project developed at a distance.

Texas Tech's English Department MOO is a multi-user, interactive network in which online courses meet, but which also provides a space for students to meet synchronously. In addition to our regularly-scheduled course meeting times, our group met several times in the MOO to talk about ongoing issues and to clarify the direction we were headed.