Groupware and Team Aware

Towards Collective Awareness Systems

“…The term collective awareness represents a concept that has been evolving since the 19 th century [1], originally related to the works of the French sociologist Émile Durkheim, and referring to the common norms, values, and beliefs shared by the members of a community. With the developments of the information and communication technologies, the concept has been revisited and rephrased under the perspectives of human-computer interaction, computer-supported collaborative work, virtual communities, and information management systems.…”

“…With the developments of the information and communication technologies, the concept has been revisited and rephrased under the perspectives of human-computer interaction, computer-supported collaborative work, virtual communities, and information management systems. One example reflecting this evolution is the definition provided by Daassi and Favier [1]: "Collective awareness refers to a common and shared vision of the whole team's context which allows members to coordinate implicitly their activities and behaviors through communication". Depending on the adopted perspective, different definitions have been proposed, which might be seen as different types of awareness.…”