USING A ROOM METAPHOR TO EASE TRANSITIONS IN GROUPWARE

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dc.contributor.authorGreenberg, Sauleng
dc.contributor.authorRoseman, Markeng
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-27T22:12:18Z
dc.date.available2008-02-27T22:12:18Z
dc.date.computerscience1999-05-27eng
dc.date.issued1998-01-01eng
dc.description.abstractMany groupware systems contain gaps that hinder or block natural social interaction or that do not let people easily move between different styles of work. We believe that the adoption of a room metaphor can ease people's transitions across these gaps, allowing them to work together more naturally. Using the TeamWave Workplace system as an example, we show how particular gaps are removed. First, we ease a person's transition between single user and groupware applications by making rooms suitable for both individual and group activity. Second, people can move fluidly between asynchronous and synchronous work because room artifacts persist. People can leave messages, documents and annotations for others, or work on them together when occupying the room at the same time. Third, we ease the difficulty of initiating real time work by providing people with awareness of others who may be available for real-time interactions, and by automatically establishing connections as users enter a common room. Fourth, we discuss how a technical space can be transformed into a social place by describing how a group crafts meaning into a room.eng
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dc.identifier.department1998-611-02eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/30803
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/45969
dc.language.isoEngeng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyScienceeng
dc.subjectComputer Scienceeng
dc.titleUSING A ROOM METAPHOR TO EASE TRANSITIONS IN GROUPWAREeng
dc.typeunknown
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceeng
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