Collaborative Writing Abdul Hadi

Writing and Collaborative Writing  Writing Vs. Collaborative writing?  “…writing is collaborative by nature…”( ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, 2001, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p.1 )  Collaborative writing requires “actual” participation of more than one individual.

Conditions for collaborative writing Conditions for collaborative writing  Cooperative learning environment:  Positive interdependence among group members  Mutual encouragement of each other’s learning  Fair share of work  use of appropriate interpersonal and collective skills for successful collaboration for successful collaboration (ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, 2001, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p.8) (ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, 2001, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p.8)  Teaching-centered classrooms Learning-centered classrooms

Challenges to collaborative writing in the classrooms  Time  Content coverage  Traditional views toward teaching and learning

Advantages of collaborative writing  Promoting active learning  Empowering students to develop their critical thinking skills  Providing opportunities for students to learn to cooperate, argue, and negotiate. These are skills required in real life situations (at work, in the community)

The collaborative writing process  Devising collaborative writing assignment  Prewriting  Rough Draft  Reread  Share with a Peer Reviser  Revise

Continued…  Putting all revised drafts together (assembling)  Editing  Final Draft (after consultation and discussion with teachers)  Publishing Adapted from: and ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, 2001, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p.19 and ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, 2001, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p.19

Collaborative writing and CMC: Why?  Facilitate the writing process (typing, revising, editing)  Encourage students’ participation  Facilitate communication (negotiate, argue, confirm, ask questions) ask questions)  Provide up-to-date and authentic references for the writing process

Problems with collaborative writing using CMC  Technical problems  Lack of face-to-face communication in the collaborative writing process collaborative writing process  Others?

References Collaborative Writing and Computers. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, 2001, Vol. 28 Issue 6 Collaborative Writing and Computers. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, 2001, Vol. 28 Issue 6 Constructing Collaborative Writing Assignments. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, 2001, Vol. 28 Issue 6 Constructing Collaborative Writing Assignments. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, 2001, Vol. 28 Issue 6 Pedagogical Support for Classroom Collaborative Writing Assignments. ASHE- Pedagogical Support for Classroom Collaborative Writing Assignments. ASHE- ERIC Higher Education Report, 2001, Vol. 28 Issue 6 ERIC Higher Education Report, 2001, Vol. 28 Issue 6 Peer edition and writing as process. (n.d.). Retrieved Oct. 13, 2004 from Beauvois. M. Computer-Mediated Communication: Technology for Improving Speaking and Writing. Retrieved Oct. 13, from