A Real-time Document Sharing System for Collaborative Writing in Education

摘要

A Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) system sharing a document on a networked server in real-time is presented. It is an educational system for students to learn writing through collaboration in making wall newspaper. It focuses on farilitating frequent interaction among students. It has five characteristics as follows. (1) Learners can see what other learners are writing instantly (2) the whole newspaper view is always displayed, (3) learners can see which parts of the newspaper other learners are writing, (4) learners are informed when someone else is following their writing process on their screen, (5) students can easily change axticles and the layout of newspaper. The authors conducted experiments in elementary schools. The results indicate that (1) students interacted and collaborated well in writing process, (2) they revised articles repeatedly through interacting one another and (3) the system supported the collaborative writing process by them.