CSCW Flashcards
What are the core concepts of CSCW
Collaboration with, around and through artifacts
Flow of work: idealised accounts of work versus actual activity
Awareness
Appropriation of and adaption to technology
What is CSCW?
Studying and evaluating group use of technology
What are the differences between traditional HCI vs CSCW?
HCI focuses on the individual, not multi-user situations
HCI uses controlled environments versus real world testing
HCI looks for performance measures versus meaning and context
HCI hasn’t usually taken into account what people actually do as part of their work
List the CSCW model activities
Synchronous activities
Asynchronous activities
Distributed activities
Co-located activities
What are Synchronous activities?
Technologies that help people work at the same time e.g., virtual environments, video conferencing
What are Asynchronous activities?
Technologies that help people work at different times have an acceptable latency e.g., email, discussion forums,
What are Distributed activities?
In different locations, e.g., virtual environments
What are Co-located activities?
Taking places in the same or similar physical space, e.g., working together around a computer screen
What are the vertical edges of the Time/Space Groupware Matrix
same place - colocated
different place - remote
What are the horizontal edges of the Time/Space Groupware Matrix
same time - synchronous
different time - asynchronous
What is the contents of same place/ same time quadrent in the Time/Space Groupware Matrix
Face to Face interactions
What is the contents of same place / different time quadrent in the Time/Space Groupware Matrix
Continuous tasks (projects etc.)
What is the contents of different place / different time quadrent in the Time/Space Groupware Matrix
Communication and coordination (email etc.)
What is the contents of different place / same time quadrent in the Time/Space Groupware Matrix
Remote interactions (VOIP, MMORPs etc)
What are the Core CSCW topics
Collaboration with, around, and through artefacts
Flow of work: idealised accounts of work versus actual activity
Awareness
Appropriation of and adaptation to technology
