Collaborative and Public Writing Techniques for Google Docs

Task: ‘Collaborative and Public Writing Techniques for Google Docs’ examines how academics can use Google Docs to keep each other accountable and supported; provide feedback and instant peer-review; co-author a paper.

• Learning Objective: Evaluate the pros and cons of collaboration and co-authored academic writing. Strategise productive collaborative projects. Identify and implement conflict resolutions.
• Digital Literacy: Utilise Google Docs for a live, collaborative piece of writing. Understand research ownership and the problematics of collaborating with another scholar in real-time.
• Example: Frost, C. and Stommel, J. 2013. ‘Collaborative and Public Writing Techniques for Google Docs’

Featured: Digital Humanities Now, December 2013