Learning Together Through International Collaborative Writing Groups

Healey, Michael J ORCID: 0000-0003-1195-0370 and Matthews, Kelly E. (2017) Learning Together Through International Collaborative Writing Groups. Teaching and Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal, 5 (1). pp. 1-6. doi:10.20343/5.1.2

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Abstract

The International Collaborative Writing Groups (ICWG) initiative creates a space for ongoing collaboration amongst scholars of teaching and learning who co-author a manuscript on a topic of shared interest. The second ICWG, linked to the 2015 International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference in Melbourne, Australia, involved 59 scholars from 11 countries. In this piece, we describe the aims, process, and outcomes for the ICWG, comparing it with the first ICWG in 2012. While international collaboration around a topic of shared interest is generally viewed positively, the realities of collaborating online with limited face-to-face interactions to complete a manuscript can be challenging. We argue, despite such challenges, that ongoing collaboration amongst scholars is vital to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) movement. Drawing on our experience of leading the overall ICWG initiative and our research into participants’ experiences, we suggest there are individual dispositions toward collaboration that enrich and enable successful participation in ICWG experiences. We end by highlighting the final products arising from almost two year of collaborative thinking and writing from six groups.

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Collaborative writing; International co-authoring; Scholarship of teaching and learning; Writer’s experience
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Education and Science
Research Priority Areas:	Society and Learning
Depositing User:	Susan Turner
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2017 14:57
Last Modified:	04 Feb 2022 12:02
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/5218

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