Groupware

Groupware Evaluation: An Overview

by Irene-Angelica Chounta

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Height Visualizations for Improving Gestural Communication at Distributed Tables

by Aaron Genest

Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Collaborative Software

by César Duarte

Co-authored with André Tiago Magalhães do Carmo, Paulo Alexandre Neves Alves de Sousa and Ricardo Filipe Teixeira Gonçalves.

This Lecture Note talks about Collaborative Software and how it can be important to help teamwork. Firstly, the... more This Lecture Note talks about Collaborative Software and how it can be important to help teamwork. Firstly, the concept Collaboration is explained. Then, a model based on communication, cooperation and coordination is presented. Next, some examples of teamwork based on that model are shown, and finally some problems about groupware are given. It is referred also how collaborative software helped in this Lecture Note in Computer Science development.

Requirements for Successful Wikis in Collaborative Educational Scenarios

by Xavier de Pedro

Learning Assessment using Wikis: integrated or LMS independent?

by Xavier de Pedro

Applying the 3C Model to Groupware Development

by Marco Aurelio Gerosa

FUKS, Hugo ; RAPOSO, Alberto Barbosa ; GEROSA, M. A. ; LUCENA, Carlos José Pereira de . Applying the 3C Model to Groupware Development. International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems, v. 14, n. 2-3, p. 299-328, 2005

his paper introduces an approach based on the 3C (communication, coordination and cooperation) collaboration model to... more his paper introduces an approach based on the 3C (communication, coordination and cooperation) collaboration model to the development of collaborative systems. The 3C model is studied by means of a detailed analysis of each of its three elements, followed by a case study of a learningware application and the methodology of a web-based course, both designed based on this model. Moreover, this paper describes a component-based system architecture following this 3C approach.

Is the Unfolding of the Group Discussion Off-Pattern? Improving Coordination Support in Educational Forums Using Mobile Devices

by Marco Aurelio Gerosa

GEROSA, M. A. ; FILIPPO, Denise ; PIMENTEL, Mariano ; FUKS, Hugo ; Lucena, Carlos J.P. . Is the unfolding of the group discussion off-pattern? Improving coordination support in educational forums using mobile devices. Computers and Education, v. 54, p. 528-544, 2010.

A forum is a valuable tool to foster reflection in an in-depth discussion; however, it forces the course mediator to... more A forum is a valuable tool to foster reflection in an in-depth discussion; however, it forces the course mediator to continually pay close attention in order to coordinate learners’ activities. Moreover, monitoring a forum is time consuming given that it is impossible to know in advance when new messages are going to be posted. Additionally, a forum may be inactive for a long period and suddenly receive a burst of messages forcing forum mediators to frequently log on in order to know how the discussion is unfolding to intervene whenever it is necessary. Mediators also need to deal with a large amount of messages to identify off-pattern situations. This work presents a piece of action research that investigates how to improve coordination support in a forum using mobile devices for mitigating mediator’s difficulties in following the status of a forum. Based on summarized information extracted from message meta-data, mediators consult visual information summaries on PDAs and receive textual notifications in their mobile phone. This investigation revealed that mediators used the mobile-based coordination support to keep informed on what is taking place within the forum without the need to log on their desktop computer.

What Happened to Our Document In the Shared Workspace? The Need for Groupware Conventions

by Wolfgang Prinz

Po Li AwaC: Design and Evaluation of An Awareness-Enhanced Groupware Client

by Wolfgang Prinz