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CAWS: an awareness based wiki system to improve team collaboration

CAWS: an awareness based wiki system to improve team collaboration
CAWS: an awareness based wiki system to improve team collaboration
Effective collaborative authoring techniques require tools that consider the social aspects of collaboration in addition to the technical aspects. Collaborative authoring is fundamentally different to individual writing because of the communications that must inevitably take place between team members. Despite the fact that collaborative authoring has greatly increased in popularity in recent years, most collaborative authoring efforts are performed using tools that are primarily designed for individual authors. The lack of regard for the collaborative process leads to a number of common problems. This paper presents research into the use of a prototype wiki-based system (CAWS) to more effectively support the collaborative process. The results of two field studies into the use of the system are examined, in order to investigate the effectiveness of the techniques employed by the tool.
Liccardi, Ilaria
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Davis, Hugh
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White, Su
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Liccardi, Ilaria
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Davis, Hugh
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White, Su
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Liccardi, Ilaria, Davis, Hugh and White, Su (2008) CAWS: an awareness based wiki system to improve team collaboration. ICALT 2008: The 8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning, Santander, Cantabria, Spain. 01 - 05 Jul 2008.

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Effective collaborative authoring techniques require tools that consider the social aspects of collaboration in addition to the technical aspects. Collaborative authoring is fundamentally different to individual writing because of the communications that must inevitably take place between team members. Despite the fact that collaborative authoring has greatly increased in popularity in recent years, most collaborative authoring efforts are performed using tools that are primarily designed for individual authors. The lack of regard for the collaborative process leads to a number of common problems. This paper presents research into the use of a prototype wiki-based system (CAWS) to more effectively support the collaborative process. The results of two field studies into the use of the system are examined, in order to investigate the effectiveness of the techniques employed by the tool.

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Published date: July 2008
Additional Information: Event Dates: 1-5 July
Venue - Dates: ICALT 2008: The 8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 2008-07-01 - 2008-07-05
Organisations: Web & Internet Science

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Local EPrints ID: 265366
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/265366
PURE UUID: 02861cf0-17e7-4084-9378-4c91844fa447
ORCID for Hugh Davis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1182-1459
ORCID for Su White: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9588-5275

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Date deposited: 31 Mar 2008 19:35
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:03

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Author: Ilaria Liccardi
Author: Hugh Davis ORCID iD
Author: Su White ORCID iD

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