Topic 10

Collaborative Writing

What is collaborative
writing?
to

work with another or others

on a joint project
People writing together in groups
towards completing a written
piece of work

Stages in Collaborative
Writing
The

Invention Stage

Engage in preliminary discussion of

ideas and approaches through notesharing and preliminary debating
The

Drafting Stage

Chunk Model
Blended Model
Compiler Model
The

Revision Stage

What are the characteristics

of effective team
Team members listen to each other
communication?
The team leader listens to all group

members
Every group member feels free to speak
openly and honestly
Individual members seek the approval of the
team before action is taken
Information is shared willingly, not hoarded
Members of the team are not hesitant about
bringing up bad news or problems
In addition to communicating well among
themselves, team members, both
individually and collectively communicate
well with other groups

What are the possible

problems with collaboration?
Unsatisfactory

negotiations
Non-acknowledgement of
ideas/opinions
Over-zealous editing
Missed deadlines/non-delivery
Non-understanding of subject
matter

Team Work
What

are the advantages and

disadvantages of being in a
team?

Team Management
Team

Building and Task Analysis

Spend great deal of time together

Conscious effort to find out more about
each other
Democracy given chance to speak,
respect shown for each persons ideas
or opinions
Maximise the use of resources and
improve their profile
Each member to have same
interpretation

Management of Time,
Writing and Documents
Manage

Time - first priority is to

meet deadlines
Manage Writing
Group versus Individual work
Equivalency of Tasks
Best use of Individual Skills
Manage

Documents

In stages the steps to be taken, the

rules to be followed and what to edit or
not to edit

Managing Collaborative
Writing Projects

What are the necessary processes for

the management of effective team
writing?
Team building
Analysis of task
Management of writing
Management of time
Management of document stages
Management of style and format
Conflict management

Conflict Management
- face conflicts with patience and
understanding and respond to
them directly

Conflict Management
Some collaboration has to take
place in the mind before the art
of creation can be accomplished.
Some marriages of opposites has
to be consummated.
Virginia Woolf (2000)
Explain/Elaborate the statement
above.