Using an experimental study to develop group awareness support for real-time distributed collaborative writing

Tran, Minh; Raikundalia, Gitesh K.; Yang, Yun

doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2005.12.009

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“…Computer Supported Cooperative Work systems are getting more and more attention. CSCW discipline addresses “how collaborative activities and their coordination can be supported by means of computer systems.” Thus, we can find CSCW examples ranging from traditional everyday collaboration tools, such as email, videoconferences, or newsgroups, to the now commonly used social networks, on‐line games, collaborative text editors, or e‐learning systems, either in academic or industrial fields . The main purpose of CSCW is to enable users to work collaboratively in a computerized environment as they would in a physical environment.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A comprehensive framework for modeling requirements of CSCW systems

Teruel

Navarro

López-Jaquero

et al. 2017

J Software Evolu Process

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As in any other system, an accurate requirements specification is essential to developing a collaborative system, which has special kinds of requirements that are hard to specify by means of current Requirements Engineering techniques. The Collaborative Systems Requirement Modeling Framework (CSRMF) was developed to address this problem; the original Collaborative Systems Requirement Modeling Language was extended and modeled to properly deal with collaboration and awareness requirements. The developed CSRMF framework consists of 3 components: an Requirements Engineering modeling language able to represent collaboration among users as well as awareness needs, a set of design guidelines that drive Computer Supported Cooperative Work system specification by means of 5 different types of diagrams, and a supporting computer-aided software engineering tool to specify and validate Computer Supported Cooperative Work system requirements. CSRMF provides Requirements Engineers with a complete solution to the specification of awareness-demanding collaborative systems, as they can now take advantage of a language and a set of guidelines supported by a tool to guide them in specifying system requirements.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A comprehensive framework for modeling requirements of CSCW systems

Teruel

Navarro

López-Jaquero

et al. 2017

J Software Evolu Process

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“…High collaboration, on the other hand, exists when both the tasks of the work to be done and the efforts of teams (rather than individuals) are highly concerted and orchestrated in a wider organizational context. However, irrespective of the degree of collaboration thought, the success of collaborative work depends upon the availability of deployable resources, the existence of good perception and understanding of the responsibilities, activities and intentions of other members of a collaborating ensemble (Minh, Tran, Raikundalia, & Yun, 2006).…”

Section: Collaboration and Collaborative Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sociomateriality Implications of Multi-Agent Supported Collaborative Work Systems

Gasmelseid

2012

International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies

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Recent technological advancements significantly redefined the context in which organizations acquire, process, and share information. The transformations that emerged across the organizational and institutional landscapes have led to the emergence of new forms of organizational design and business models. Within this context, the new business patterns, platforms and architectures have been developed to enable for the maximization of benefits from data through the adoption of collaborative work practices. The main focus of such practices is oriented towards the improvement of responsiveness, building of alliances and enhancing organizational reach. The use of global networks and web based systems for the implementation of collaborative work has been accompanied with a wide range of computer supported collaborative systems. This paper examines the context of collaboration, collaborative work and the development of agent-supported collaborative work system and examines the implications of the ontological positions of sociomateriality on agent-supported collaborative work domains in terms of multi-agent architecture and agent-oriented evaluation.

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“…Indeed, it is common to play games where players are organized in groups to achieve collaborative game goals such as World of Warcraft's team quests [9]. Nevertheless, as has happened with other serious scenarios [10], these collaborative games have made it clear that there is a need for awareness, i.e. players need to know what is happening in the game space, who is connected, who the collaborators/enemies are, what they can do, etc.…”

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Assessing the impact of the awareness level on a co-operative game

Teruel

Condori-Fernández

Navarro

et al. 2018

Information and Software Technology

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When playing a cooperative game, being aware of your collaborators (where they are playing, what they are doing, the abilities they have, etc.) is essential for achieving the game's goals. This led to the definition of Gamespace Awareness in order to guide in the identification of the awareness needs in the form of a compilation of the awareness elements that a cooperative game should feature. Objective: Gamespace Awareness does not establish how much awareness information players must be provided with. This constitutes the main motivation for this work: to assess the impact of different levels of Gamespace Awareness elements on a cooperative game. Method: A multiplayer action game was developed that supports three different awareness configurations, each one featuring different awareness levels (high, medium and low). The impact of these awareness levels was measured as regards game score, time, players' happiness while playing, enjoyment and perceived usefulness. Several techniques such as subjective surveys and facial expression analysis were used to measure these factors. Results: The analysis of the results shows that the higher the awareness, the better the game score. However, the highest level of player happiness was not achieved with the most awareness-enabled configuration; we found that the players' enjoyment depends not only on their awareness level but also on their expertise level. Finally, the awareness elements related to the present and the future were the most useful, as could be expected in a multiplayer action game. Conclusions: The results showed that the medium level awareness obtained the best results. We therefore concluded that a certain level of awareness is necessary, but that excessive awareness could negatively affect the game experience.

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Using an experimental study to develop group awareness support for real-time distributed collaborative writing

Cited by 18 publications

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A comprehensive framework for modeling requirements of CSCW systems

A comprehensive framework for modeling requirements of CSCW systems

Sociomateriality Implications of Multi-Agent Supported Collaborative Work Systems

Assessing the impact of the awareness level on a co-operative game

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