A cooperative hypermedia approach to supporting team building activities

Abstract

The paper describes a cooperative hypermedia approach to developing a toolkir for team building activities that oflen occur in research group meetings or organisation may day events. Each tool is developed and applied using a well-known PowerPoin:metaphor. The novelty of the work is reflected on its jlexibie coordination and facilitation support, its seamless connection between tools for each phase of a team building activiiy, and its support for follow-up actionr. The requirements for the above mentioned feutures are derived from an anabsis of existing practice. Two examples are given to show how typical team building exercises can be supported using the hyper-media based groupware tools.