The document discusses a research study on asynchronous collaborative writing among teacher-student groups, focusing on the interplay between task structure and social participation. It utilizes a case study approach with various methodologies, including analysis of written interactions and self-reports, to identify critical events that influence writing strategies. The findings highlight varying strategies of text composition among groups and link instructional circumstances to changes in approach.

1. Accessing the process of asynchronous collaborative writing Teresa Mauri, PhDAna Remesal, PhDMarc ClaràPaper presented at ISCAR 2011 Rome, ItalyResearchprojectfundedby MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA E INNOVACIÓN. Dirección General de Programas y Transferencia de Conocimiento, Spain.(# EDU2009-08891)http://www.psyed.edu.es/grintie/

2. ContextTeacher-students freshmen working in small groups (4x4n, aged 18-20y).

3. Computer supported asynchronous collaborative writing, at the end of a blended 2semesters course (Ed.Psychology).

4. LMS Moodle as basic virtual classroom with 3 different forum spaces: news forumwhole-class forumsmall group private space7 weeks of unscripted forum interaction.TheoreticalapproachSocioconstructivist understanding of teaching and learning.

5. Writing as a creative activity, open to discussion and negotiation.

6. Writing for learning is comprised by a threefold, interwoven process of negotiation:Task structure.Social participation.Meanings/contents ( Mauri, Clarà, Remesal, 2011).All three subprocesses are affected by criticalevents and affect each other reciprocally.Task and Social ParticipationTaskWhat shall be done?What are the goals?What should the product look like?What parts should it have?What shall be done first, in second, in third place…?When shall actions be undertaken?...Social participationWho is doing each part of the task?What kind of roles are enacted or do emerge in the interaction?How do participants communicate (by which means)?When do participants interact?

7. Goals of thestudyTo explore the progression of task structure and social participation as reciprocally affecting one another.To explore the notion of critical event as a key phenomenon to understand the changes in both task structure and social participation.

8. MethodologicalprocedureData sourcesWritten interaction in forumWritten progressive products Self-reports of studentsCase study approach

9. Interpretive comprehensive analysis

10. Graphical representations of the processSOCIAL PARTICIPATION MAP

11. Group 4Group 8

12. Group 4Group 8

13. TASK STRUCTUREMAP

14. Group 4Group 8

15. Group 8 TM & SPM

16. Group 8 overlappedtm & spm

17. Group 8 overlappedtm & spm

18. Phase 1Phase 2

19. Phase 3