This work explores a novel approach to the analysis and ported cooperative work. For instance, this challenge is modeling of computer supported collaborative writing. highlighted by the situated actions paradigm, which emThe aim of this dynamic modeling approach is to capture phasizes the contingent nature of the organization and the structure of user behavior as they interact with a evolution ...

This case study investigated the attitudes and perceptions of primary school students and their teacher toward collaborative writing using a wiki technology in a Chinese writing class in China. An online collaborative writing environment named “Joyous Writing Club” (JWC) was designed and developed using a wiki. Participants included 59 primary four students and their Chinese language teacher. T...

Hui-Chin Yeh, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology Collaborative writing (CW) research has gained prevalence in recent years. However, the ways in which students interact socially to produce written texts through synchronous collaborative writing (SCW) is rarely studied. This study aims to investigate the effects of SCW on students’ writing products and how collaborative dialogu...

Drawing from sociocultural perspectives, this paper argues for the necessity of distinguishing the activity of “brainstorming ideas” from the activity of “generating words/phrases” in collaborative L2 process writing. We designed a series of Chinese writing lessons based on the online collaborative learning software GroupScribbles (GS) to explore students’ participation and performance with “id...

We have investigated collaborative problem solving in a teaching experiment, which was organized for 32 senior university students in the computerized collaborative problem solving learning environment. The participating teacher was trained by us and students had available kits, interfaces and computers equipped with 8051 micro chip programming tools. Student activities were video recorded and ...