Scaffolding collaborative technical writing with procedural facilitation and synchronous discussion

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-419

  Yeh, Shiou Wen ^a   Lo, Jia Jiunn ^b   Huang, Jeng Jia ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collaborative technical writing; Computer supported writing; Process writing; Synchronous online discussions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052610977     PISSN: 15561607     EISSN: 15561615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-011-9117-9     Document Type: Article

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