Computer - Supported Cooperative Work - Concepts and Trends

The research field Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) is concerned with understanding social interaction and the design, development, and evaluation of technical systems supporting social interaction in teams and communities – or in other words it is about researching the use of computer-based technology for supporting collaboration. The field was coined in the 1980th by researchers from computer science, information science and social science. In this paper we will briefly introduce CSCW – its concepts and current trends - and thereby focus on the role of Informatics in the field – from application integration to ubiquitous user interfaces

Collaborative design : managing task interdependencies and multiple perspectives

This paper focuses on two characteristics of collaborative design with respect to cooperative work: the importance of work interdependencies linked to the nature of design problems; and the fundamental function of design cooperative work arrangement which is the confrontation and combination of perspectives. These two intrinsic characteristics of the design work stress specific cooperative processes: coordination processes in order to manage task interdependencies, establishment of common ground and negotiation mechanisms in order to manage the integration of multiple perspectives in design

The evolution of a cooperative work framework for e-Learning

This paper details the evolution of a Framework for e-Learning, to a Cooperative Work Framework for e-Learning, as presented at the IASK conference (Graham 2008a) and annotated accordingly. It begins by discussing the development of the original Framework for e-Learning, and how this study resulted in a further study investigating whether the use of Blended Learning could fulfill or at least accommodate some of the human requirements presently neglected by current e-Learning systems as identified by the original Framework. This second study evaluated an in-house system: Teachmat, and discussed how the use of Blended Learning had become increasingly prevalent as a result of the enhancement and expansion of Teachmat. It looked at the employment of Blended Learning and Teachmat’s relationship to human and pedagogical issues, as well as both the positive and negative implications of this reality. PESTE factors from Sociology were then applied to appraise the adoption of e-Learning, leading to the proposal of PESTE factors for educational software and e-Learning in particular. Finally, the study evolved to reconsider e-Learning in relation to a Cooperative Work Framework, revealing critical weakness in the fundamental nature of e-Learning and its consequent propensity for failure

Computational agents to support cooperative work

Bibliography: p. 18-19.Kevin Crowston and Thomas W. Malone

Computer-supported cooperative work in design

Systems design is a complex activity requiring the cooperation of multi-disciplinary teams. Most of the time, these teams are located in different places and use different software applications for various purposes. Distribution and heterogeneity obstacles make the work of design teams challenging. This appeals for new approaches to support teams

Final report on cooperative work plan FY2014

This report presents an integrated and coordinated series of actions for $2.4 million awarded to the ERI in Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014 under CFDA 10.694, Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention for the third and fourth years in a 5-year domestic grant. The information provided herein reflects our annual progress as of 6/30/2014. All of the activities (deliverables) summarized in this report respond to land manager and stakeholder requests and needs. The deliverables are informed by best available science and scientific evidence which is translated into the language and product appropriate for the target audience. The ERI actively delivers information using a variety of approaches that includes individual and group presentations and discussions, to printed and electronically accessible fact sheets, short technical reports, longer white papers and management reports, and peer reviewed archival literature