Coordination Theory and Collaboration Technology

Investigating user experience in Second Life for collaborative learning

“…Familiarity among participants is well known to have a beneficial effect on technology-mediated groupwork (Olson and Olson, 2001), since knowledge of others can enhance social awareness and organisation of work. However, in CSCL previous research is divided about the effect of group members' familiarity and performance.…”

Identifying collaborative technology impact areas

“…The coordination theory looks at human interconnectedness, processes of coordination and collaboration among autonomous units in human systems, and in computer and communication systems [46]. It explores the principles underlying how people collaborate and coordinate work efficiently and productively in environments characterized by a high degree of decentralized computation and decision making [46].…”

Evaluating how agent methodologies support the specification of the normative environment through the development process

“…Due to the increase in collaborative work and the decentralisation of processes in many domains, there is an expanding demand for large-scale, flexible and adaptive software systems to support the interactions of people and institutions distributed in heterogeneous environments [50]. Each one of these institutions may have specific legislation and internal regulations associated with them, meaning that the actors inside them are bound by rights, duties and restrictions [33].…”