Lecture 4

Question 1

Remote Conversations

Answer 1

Much research on how to support conversations when people
are ‘at a distance’ from each other.

Many applications have been developed.
- e.g., email, videoconferencing, videophones, videoconferencing,
instant messaging, chat room

Question 2

Telepresence

Answer 2

Skype, videoconferencing
Etc.
-New technologies designed to allow a person to feel as if they were present in the other location

Question 3

Co-presence

Answer 3

-Technologies that enable co-located groups to collaborate more effectively
• when working, learning and socializing

○ Examples: Smartboards, Surfaces, Wii and Kinect

Question 4

Coordination mechanisms

Answer 4

When a group of people act or interact together they need to coordinate themselves

• e.g., playing football, navigating a ship

○They use:
• verbal and non-verbal communication
• schedules, rules, and conventions
• shared external representations

Question 5

Social Translucence

Answer 5

Allows users of a system and their activities to be visible to one another
○ E.g. social networks, on line chat.