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- Title
Task Design and Interaction in Collaborative Writing: The Students’ Story.
- Authors
Bremner, Stephen; Peirson-Smith, Anne; Jones, Rodney; Bhatia, Vijay
- Abstract
This article investigates student behaviour on collaborative assignments, looking at the relationship between task type and interaction, and considers the implications for task design. Students reported on interactions in a year-long workplace-focussed group communication project, comparing these with interactions on other academy-based group assignments. Differences were seen in the amount of brainstorming, the criteria for dividing up work, the intensity of editing, and how conflict was managed. Contributing factors to these differences included the presence or absence of a creative element, the instrumental nature of the task, and the need for a collective approach inherent in the task design.
- Subjects
COLLABORATIVE learning; BUSINESS communication education in universities &; colleges; EDUCATIONAL cooperation; INSTRUCTIONAL systems design; BRAINSTORMING; EDITING; CREATIVE ability; DATA analysis; DIVISION of labor; CONFLICT management
- Publication
Business & Professional Communication Quarterly, 2014, Vol 77, Issue 2, p150
- ISSN
2329-4906
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/2329490613514598