Abstract

FREIRE, Fernanda M. P.  and  AMANTE, Lúcia. The behind-the-scenes in co-authoring: perception of postgraduate students from the open University of Portugal. Educ. Form. Tecnol. [online]. 2016, vol.9, n.2, pp.21-36. ISSN 1646-933X.  https://doi.org/10.1549/1646933Xv9n22016010600021.

This article reflects about shared elaboration of texts written in Distance Education contexts that come from the so-called group work. This kind of teaching practice aimed, in general, the so-called collaborative work, adopted from results of studies and experiments conducted in face to face classrooms. For this purpose we construct a questionnaire aimed at students of the Postgraduate courses in order to understand the interactions intragroup and identify the expedients that different groups employ (working methods, assumed roles, technologies used, etc.). Considering the Collaborative Writing Practices (CWP) as genuinely interactive educational activities (and dialogic), mediated by technological communication tools whose interfaces can influence the text production conditions, the objective of this study is to understand the backstage of this activity from the perspective of student scribes. It was possible, among other things, identify perceptions and various discoursive roles of students in face of the CWP, which arise as a growing practice, associated with the use of collaborative technology tools.

Keywords : Distance Education; Colaborative Writing; Interaction; Discoursive Roles; Tecnhology.