This paper reports on a design experiment in an art gallery, where we explored visitor practices of commenting on art, and how they were shaped in interaction with a newly designed collocated, collaborative writing technology. In particular we investigate what potentials previous practices carry with them that may affect early use and further development of use. We base our analyses on intervie...

Collaborative writing of documents requires a strong synchronisation among authors. This paper describes a possible way to organise the collaborative preparation of scientific LATEX documents. The presented solution is primarily based on the version control system Subversion. The paper describes how Subversion can be used together with several other software tools and LATEX packages to organise...

This article reports on a case study that explored the process of wiki-based collaborative writing in a small group of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at a Chinese university. The study examined the archived logs from the group wiki “Discussion” and “History” modules with a focus on the group members’ scaffolded interaction when co-constructing texts in the wiki space. The analysis...