This survey characterizes an emerging research area, sometimes called coordination
theory, that focuses on the interdisciplinary study of coordination. Research in this area uses …

Application of computer and communications technology to cooperative work and group
decision making has grown out of three traditions: computer-based communications …

From the Publisher: Offering the most comprehensive account of the multidisciplinary field of
HCI, this book illustrates the powerful benefits of a user-oriented approach to the design of …

Groupware reflects a change in emphasis from using the computer to solve problems to
using the computer to facilitate human interaction. This article describes categories and …

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computers ava le~ hroughout the p, while making them effectlvely invisible~ ticle explains …

In its description of several years of painstaking classroom observations and carefully
crafted experimental interventions, the'construction zone'makes clear the cleavage lines …

Supporting awareness of others is an idea that holds promise forimproving the usability of
real-time distributed groupware. However, there is little principled information available …

Making sense of a body of data is a common activity in any kind of analysis. Sensemaking is
the process of searching for a representation and encoding data in that representation to …

Groupware systems are computer-based systems that support two or more users engaged in
a common task, and that provide an interface to a shared environment. These systems …

• A m lmost every time there lu is a genuinely impor-~ tant decision to be made in an
organization, a group is assigned to make it--or at least to counsel and advise the individual …