Computer Supported Collaborative Writing

by Mike Sharples (Editor)

Overview

M. Sharples 1. 1 The Collaborative Tradition Collaborative writing is nothing new. The description below is from the introduction to a book published in 1911: Every page, however, has been debated and passed by the three of us. Our usual method has been, first to pick up a subject that interested us, perhaps a subject we had been talking about for a long while, then to discuss it and argue over it, ashore and afloat, in company and by ourselves, till we came to our joint conclusion. Then on a rough day, in a set-to discussion, I would take down notes, which frequently amounted in length to more than half the finished article. From the notes I would make a rough draft, which, after more discussion, would be re­ written, and again, after revision, typewritten. We would go through the printer's proofs together and finally, after reading the matter in print, we have once more revised it for book publication. Collaboration could not be more thorough. (Reynolds, et al. 1911, p. x) The book, Seems So! A Working-class View of Politics, was written by an aca­ demic working closely with two fishermen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540197829
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	02/26/1993
Series:	Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Edition description:	1st Edition.
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 1.1 The Collaborative Tradition.- 1.2 New Ways of Working Together.- 1.3 Grand Plans or Small Tools.- 2 Research Issues in the Study of Computer Supported Collaborative Writing.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Background.- 2.3 Writing and Group Working.- 2.4 Research Issues.- 2.5 Task Issues.- 2.6 Group Issues.- 2.7 Communication Issues.- 2.8 External Representation Issues.- 2.9 Conclusion.- 3 Social Writing: Premises and Practices in Computerized Contexts.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Background.- 3.3 Case Studies.- 3.4 Conclusions.- 4 Computer Networking for Development of Distance Education Courses.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Issues in Course Team Collaboration.- 4.3 Technology Support for Course Team Work.- 4.4 Conclusion.- 5 How Collaborative is Collaborative Writing? An Analysis of the Production of Two Technical Reports.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Background and Method.- 5.3 Document 1: The Consultancy Report.- 5.4 Document 2: The Project Document.- 5.5 General Discussion.- 5.6 Conclusion.- 6 A Survey of Experiences of Collaborative Writing.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Method.- 6.3 Results.- 6.4 Discussion.- 7 Multimedia Conferencing as a Tool for Collaborative Writing: A Case Study.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Supporting Mechanism.- 7.3 Document Evolution.- 7.4 Assessment and Evaluation.- 7.5 Conclusions.- 8 Reviewing Designs for a Synchronous-Asynchronous Group Editing Environment.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Cooperative Work.- 8.3 Issues in Computer Support for Direct Communication.- 8.4 Issues in Shared Editor Design.- 8.5 Design Ideas for Integrating Conversation Spaces and Shared Editor.- 8.6 Discussion.- 9 A Case Study in Task Analysis for the Design of a Collaborative Document Production System.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Context of the Design.- 9.3 The Task Analysis Concepts.- 9.4 A Task Analysis of Multi-Author Multimedia Document Production.- 9.5 Discussion.- 10 MILO: A Computer-Based Tool for (Co-)Authoring Structured Documents.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Designing Systems for Use Now.- 10.3 Introducing MILO.- 10.4 Observations from Use of MILO.- 10.5 Future Work.- 10.6 Implementation.- 10.7 Summary.- References.- Name Index.