Writing a Dissertation—Expanding the Borders of the Virtual Teaching and Learning Process

This chapter focus in an action research project within whose framework a fully online centered around dissertation writing in Spanish is cyclically designed, implemented, assessed and adjusted. The workshop has been run on three occasions at the School of Philosophy and Letters of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Mendoza, Argentina). Two Social and Human Sciences teachers-researchers and three groups of doctoral students (11, 12 and 20 members, respectively) from various Argentine universities participated. This chapter discusses the basic theoretical background employed in designing the workshop, and various methodological aspects taken into account for implementation as well as a number of aspects of the assessment of the project. Based on the discussion and by way of conclusion, we will attempt to find answers to the following questions: In what sense does this experience expand the borders of teaching and learning? How do digital and interactive technologies contribute to such expansion? And, based on the data reviewed, what are the upcoming challenges in the field of web-based teaching of dissertation writing?