Text enhancement and structuring in computer conferencing

Baer, Andrea; Turoff, Murray

doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-1068-6_28

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“…Different designs appear to appeal to various groups of users (Meeks, 1985), but the intention is to design an effective tool for collaboration, accounting for various factors: programming languages (Anderson, 1977), text presentation (Baer & Turoff, 1980), human processing limitations , and numerous other interface characteristics and system features (Kerr & Hiltz, 1982).…”

Section: Technical Research and Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Computer-Mediated Scholarly Collaboration

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Winkelmans²

1990

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Human "knowledge work" is increasingly shaped by the introduction of the computer into the workplace and, more recently, by the merging of computers with telecommunications. The impact of this communication revolution is explored by examining the case of an online educational research workshop in which a computer conferencing system facilitated scholarly collaboration among 20 researchers, located in three countries, over a period of two and one-half months. This article examines factors related to the use of a shared information space, such as design issues, the effect of communications technology on group interaction, issues in supporting distributed groups, and the implications of computer communications for scholarly collaboration.Computer-mediated communication systems, particularly computer conferencing, introduce unprecedented opportunities for professional collaboration and interaction. Human &dquo;knowledge work&dquo; is increasingly shaped by, and the product of, the introduction of the computer into the workplace and, more recently, the merging of computers with telecommunications. The impact of this communications revolution on academic work is explored in this article by examining an international &dquo;online educational research workshop&dquo; in which a computer conferencing system was used to facilitate scholarly collaboration among 20 geographically dispersed educational researchers.

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Section: Technical Research and Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%