Research on Proximity Choices for Distributed,asynchronous Collaborative Writing Groups
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This paper investigates whether using variations in proximity choices can improve outcomes of distributed, asynchronous collaborative writing (CW) teams that work on the Internet. This paper reports preliminary results of a field experiment on asynchronous collaborative writing using 550 participants over a month and a half. It is found that groups that met face-to-face for convergence processes had no advantages over groups that did all their work asynchronously and distributed. This supports the notion that with correct processes and tools, distributed groups can be just as effective as face-to-face groups.
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