Computer Supported Collaborative Writing

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Introduction

   • M. Sharples

   Pages 1-7

3. Research Issues in the Study of Computer Supported Collaborative Writing

   • M. Sharples, J. S. Goodlet, E. E. Beck, C. C. Wood, S. M. Easterbrook, L. Plowman

   Pages 9-28

4. Social Writing: Premises and Practices in Computerized Contexts

   • R. Newman, J. Newman

   Pages 29-40

5. Computer Networking for Development of Distance Education Courses

   • A. R. Kaye

   Pages 41-67

6. How Collaborative is Collaborative Writing? An Analysis of the Production of Two Technical Reports

   • A. Dillon

   Pages 69-85

7. A Survey of Experiences of Collaborative Writing

   • E. E. Beck

   Pages 87-112

8. Multimedia Conferencing as a Tool for Collaborative Writing: A Case Study

   • S. Baydere, T. Casey, S. Chuang, M. Handley, N. Ismail, A. Sasse

   Pages 113-135

9. Reviewing Designs for a Synchronous-Asynchronous Group Editing Environment

   • V. C. Miles, J. C. McCarthy, A. J. Dix, M. D. Harrison, A. F. Monk

   Pages 137-160

10. A Case Study in Task Analysis for the Design of a Collaborative Document Production System

    • I. Denley, A. Whitefield, J. May

    Pages 161-184

11. MILO: A Computer-Based Tool for (Co-)Authoring Structured Documents

    • S. Jones

    Pages 185-202

12. Back Matter

    Pages 203-222

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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.

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• calculus
• communication
• computer
• database
• databases
• editing
• emotion
• evolution
• knowledge
• multimedia
• organization
• production

• School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK

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