Collaborative Writing

Based on the results of the study conducted by Ede and Lunsford [39], seven organizational patterns for collaborative authoring were identified. These patterns are:

1. the team plans and outlines the task, then each writer prepares his/her part and the group compiles the individual parts, and revises the whole document as needed;
2. the team plans and outlines the writing task, then one member prepares a draft, the team edits and revises the draft;
3. one member of the team plans and writes a draft, the group revises the draft;
4. one person plans and writes the draft, then one or more members revises the draft without consulting the original authors;
5. the group plans and writes the draft, one or more members revise the draft without consulting the original authors;
6. one person assigns the tasks, each member completes the individual task, one person compiles and revises the document;
7. one dictates, another transcribes and edits. Results from the study indicated that the percentage of writing groups that use these methods often or very often range from 3% (method 5) to 31% (method 3).

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Survey one, which was administered to a large group of writers (approximately 800), provides information on the amount of time spent on the various phases of the writing process. The results show that generating ideas (14%), note-taking (13%), organizational planning (13%), drafting (32%), revising (15%), editing (13%) contribute to the total writing process. Ede and Lunsford [39] also examined co

llaborative authoring and the results indicates that the level of satisfaction in the group writing process is influenced by eight items:

• the degree to which goals are articulated and shared;
• the degree of openness and mutual respect;
• the degree of control the writers have over the text;
• the degree to which writers can respond to others who modify the text;
• the way in which credit (directly or indirectly) is acknowledged;
• the presence of an agreed upon procedure for managing conflicts and resolving disputes;
• the number and types of (bureaucratic) constraints imposed on the authors-- deadlines, technical/legal requirements, etc., and;
• the status of the project within the organization.

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