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This article explores some relationships between collaborative writing practices and writing support technologies. It attempts to illustrate the range of ways in which technologies are used. It examines the relationships of particular technologies and practices with how the writers view the process in which they are engaged. The implications of the findings for thinking about the role of computers in supporting writing, and facilitating collaborative writing in particular, are discussed.
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Rimmershaw, R. (1992). Collaborative Writing Practices and Writing Support Technologies. In: Sharples, M. (eds) Computers and Writing. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2674-8_3
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