Collaborative writing
Paul Gibbs
Research
Editorial supply chain and journal management
structure: journals
Author
EditorPublishe
r/Managing Editor
Production
Users
Quality research papers
EAB and reviewers
Solicits new papers
Handles review process
Promotes journal to peers
Attends conferences
Develops new areas of coverage
The link between the publishing company and editor
Helps editors succeed in their role and build a first class journal
Overall responsibility for journal
Promotion and marketing
Attends conferences
Handles production issues
QA – sub-editing and proof reading
Convert to SGML for online databases
Print production
Despatch
Added value from publisher
Access via library
Hard copy
Database
Third party
Ideas now!
What journal should you submit to?
Higher Education Pedagogies
Teaching in Higher Education
Higher education Journal generally
Discipline specific
Let do it!
Form group Think of ideas or
how to generate idea
Consider journals Reflect on the
process
A social practice including:
Coordination Communication (negotiation) Cooperation External factors
What is Collaborative Writing?
Group size : Small Vs. Large Social status of members : Equal Vs. Hierarchical Time : Synchronous Vs. Asynchronous Space : Distributed or at the same place Text length Types of text Different conceptions of the task among
collaborators Individual goals Vs. Group’s
Complexity and Diversity
Issues in Collaborative
Writing
Sequential Reciprocal
Parallel
Organisation:
The efficient meeting Management of conflict
Communication issues: Effective communication, What to communicate about Communication medium
Issues in Collaborative Writing
Routing procedures the material between the members
Version control Commenting Strategies
E-mail Inserting the comments in the original
document Annotation features in your word
processor.
Issues in Collaborative Writing
"A Review of the use of Action Research in Higher Education",
Case Study
Paul Gibbs, Patricia Cartney, Kate Wilkinson, John Parkinson, Sheila Cunningham, Carl James-Reynolds, Tarek Zoubir, Venetia Brown, Phil Barter, Pauline Sumner, Angus MacDonald, Asanka Dayananda & Alexandra Pitt
Education Action Research
The Team & Journal
This literature review considers the use of action research in higher education. The review specifically looks at two areas of higher education activity. The first concerns academic teaching practice and includes a discussion of research and pedagogy practice, and staff development. The second considers student engagement. In both of these core features of higher education, action research has proven to be a central approach to the investigation, reflection and improvement of practice. Each of these main foci includes a discussion of the limitations of the literature. The review illustrates the extent and range of uses to have benefited from an action research approach.
Outcome
Interest judging meeting Establish common goal, trust and leadership
(Patricia Cartney) Set objectives Decide on writing and synthesis process Review and critique Dealing with publisher and reviewers
Process
In some ways this is an interesting read but I
have a number of reservations that temper my enthusiasm for the paper.
This is an incredibly ambitious yet potentially very useful paper exploring the application of action research in higher education (HE) through various lenses.
This paper is interesting for the Journal audience and makes a relevant contribution, specially for its combination of lesson studies and action learning.
Second response