Mauri, T.; Remesal, A.; Clarà, M. (2011). Accessing the process of asynchronous collaborative writing. Paper presented at the ISCAR Conference; Rome, Italy.

1. Accessing the process of asynchronous collaborative writing Teresa Mauri, PhD Ana Remesal, PhD Marc Clarà Paper presented at ISCAR 2011 Rome, Italy Researchprojectfundedby MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA E INNOVACIÓN. Dirección General de Programas y Transferencia de Conocimiento, Spain. (# EDU2009-08891) http://www.psyed.edu.es/grintie/

3. Computer supported asynchronous collaborative writing, at the end of a blended 2semesters course (Ed.Psychology).

5. Writing as a creative activity, open to discussion and negotiation.

7. Goals of thestudy To explore the progression of task structure and social participation as reciprocally affecting one another. To explore the notion of critical event as a key phenomenon to understand the changes in both task structure and social participation.

9. Interpretive comprehensive analysis

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13. TASK STRUCTURE MAP

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15. Group 8 TM & SPM

16. Group 8 overlappedtm & spm

17. Group 8 overlappedtm & spm

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21. Conclusions The graphical artifacts allowed visualizing the task structure and the structure of social participation both independently and interconnected. The triangulation with narrative analysis of the forum interaction and self-reports led to the identification of critical events that revealed different interaction phases. Different groups did perform different strategies of text composition during the time provided for the assignment. One single group showed a dynamic change of strategy of text composition as a response to instructional circumstances, such as poor feedback.

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