Design Requirements for Collaborative Writing Tools for Distributed Work Over the Internet

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Benjamin Lowry
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Writing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Distributed Work ◽  
Design Requirements ◽  
Writing Tools

scholarly journals François Bon's Pseudo-Translated Writing Handbook: The Curious Case of Malt Olbren's The Creative Writing No-Guide

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-80
Author(s):  
Gert-Jan Meyntjens
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Version ◽  
Know How ◽  
Digital Format ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Writing Tools ◽  
Richard Sennett

This article investigates the case of François Bon's pseudo-translation of Malt Olbren's The Creative Writing No-Guide (2013). If Bon believes that the making public of writing atelier practices is crucial, then why does he share his know-how by means of a pseudo-translation? Moreover, why does he limit himself to a digital version? I will first argue that Bon's choice for the digital format not only fits within his general move towards the Internet, but also has to do with the audience he targets. Then, I will show how The Creative Writing No-Guide's set-up as a pseudo-translation permits Bon not only to criticize more conventional handbooks through means of parody, but also to transmit writing tools successfully by means of what sociologist Richard Sennett calls expressive instructions.

Design and Evaluation of Accessible Collaborative Writing Techniques for People with Vision Impairments

2022 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-42
Author(s):  
Maitraye Das ◽  
Anne Marie Piper ◽  
Darren Gergle
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Collaborative Writing ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Collaborative Systems ◽  
Text To Speech ◽  
Screen Reader ◽  
Academic Organizations ◽  
Collaboration Awareness ◽  
Writing Tools

Collaborative writing tools have been used widely in professional and academic organizations for many years. Yet, there has not been much work to improve screen reader access in mainstream collaborative writing tools. This severely affects the way people with vision impairments collaborate in ability-diverse teams. As a step toward addressing this issue, the present article aims at improving screen reader representation of collaborative features such as comments and track changes (i.e., suggested edits). Building on our formative interviews with 20 academics and professionals with vision impairments, we developed auditory representations that indicate comments and edits using non-speech audio (e.g., earcons, tone overlay), multiple text-to-speech voices, and contextual presentation techniques. We then performed a systematic evaluation study with 48 screen reader users that indicated that non-speech audio, changing voices, and contextual presentation can potentially improve writers’ collaboration awareness. We discuss implications of these results for the design of accessible collaborative systems.

A Theoretically Informed Approach to Collaborative Writing in EAP Contexts Using Web-Based Technologies

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris Pierre Johnston ◽  
Geoff Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Collaborative Writing ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Online Collaborative Learning ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
Curricular Design ◽  
Technological Affordances ◽  
Writing Tools

This chapter examines the need for a theoretically-informed approach to collaborative English for Academic Purpose (EAP) pedagogy and research. It discusses the relevance of online collaborative learning in EAP and the call for a theoretically-informed facilitative framework to guide the use of online collaborative writing tools to sustain learning communities and language learning. It establishes the importance of virtual learning communities as catalysts for online collaboration and discusses the need to examine technological affordances, adopting an ecological perspective to inform curricular design. The chapter examines the relevance of the Community of Inquiry model and its three presences: cognitive, social and teaching, as a theoretical basis to inform a facilitative framework to design online collaborative EAP writing tasks. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the interactions of these three presences, details on how they can inform online EAP collaborative writing practices and the need for future research in this area.

Collaborative Writing Tools in the Virtual Workplace

2009 ◽  
pp. 1374-1388
Author(s):  
Norman E. Youngblood ◽  
Joel West
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Writing ◽  
Effective Solution ◽  
Virtual Workplace ◽  
Industry Standards ◽  
Writing Tools ◽  
E Mail

Collaborative writing is an important element of the virtual workplace. While it is sometimes enough to e-mail a document back and forth between authors and editors, users frequently need a more effective solution. Users can choose from system-based or browser-based software and from synchronous and asynchronous editors. These products can vary from the simple to the sophisticated and from free to expensive. This chapter looks at research on the use of collaborative editors and tools currently on the market and provides guidance as how to evaluate the appropriateness of the tools, paying particular attention to collaborative features, industry standards, and security.

Towards a Standardized Engineering Framework for Distributed, Collaborative Product Realization

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hae-Jin Choi ◽  
Jitesh H. Panchal ◽  
Janet K. Allen ◽  
David Rosen ◽  
Farrokh Mistree
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Product ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Engineering Systems ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Design Requirements ◽  
Product Realization ◽  
Future Work

In this paper, we propose a standardized computer-based engineering framework to support distributed product realization. The requirements for a standardized distributed product realization framework are developed based on the Open Engineering Systems paradigm. Existing computer frameworks are evaluated against the requirements and the missing features are identified. Our efforts towards development of such a framework — eXtensible Distributed Product Realization (X-DPR) environment are discussed. X-DPR is flexible and applicable to general industrial product realization processes. It is used to integrate distributed, collaborative product realization activities over the Internet. We trace the development of the framework based on design requirements. Features of X-DPR are implemented to satisfy each requirement. X-DPR is compared to existing engineering frameworks based on the required features. Limitations and future work are presented.

scholarly journals INTERVIEW: Quick, Social and Collaborative - wiki-based user documentation at APC by Schneider Electric

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Margrethe H. Møller ◽  
Pernille Bagger Nielsen ◽  
Stanislav Kalianov
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Writing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Software Documentation ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Technical Writer

In the software documentation department at APC by Schneider Electric in Kolding, Denmark, Technical Writer Pernille Bagger Nielsen writes user documentation for the software developed by the company. In cooperation with Localization Manager Stanislav Kalianov she reorganised the user documentation for publication as wiki-based documentation on the internet. The new platform supports their strategy of using agile and iterative, topic-based, collaborative writing when developing user documentation. Their experience will interest readers who consider introducing a similar new strategy.

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