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Avalanche Beacon Parks: Skill Development and Team Coordination in a Technological Training Ground

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Avalanche Beacon Parks: Skill Development and Team Coordination in a Technological Training Ground
High-risk outdoor recreation allows its enthusiasts to reach unprecedented levels of adrenaline; it also contains risks and requires specific training (in part technological). In particular, its participants must be ready to react efficiently during an emergency or in response to an accident. Technological training grounds can simulate particular contexts and emergency situations as a place for recreationists to train and practice. In this paper, we use the practice of avalanche companion rescue as a case study to explore how technological training grounds support recreationist training. Our results offer insights into how avalanche beacon training parks support skill development and team coordination training. We also present strategies to orient the design of technological training grounds beyond avalanche companion rescue. Author Keywords Avalanche rescue; avalanche beacons; training in context; simulation; communities of practice; team cognition. ACM Classification Keywords H.5.3 ...
Audrey Desjardins, Saul Greenberg, Ron Wakkary, Je
Added 01 Apr 2016
Updated 01 Apr 2016
Type Journal
Year 2016
Where CSCW
Authors Audrey Desjardins, Saul Greenberg, Ron Wakkary, Jeff Hambelton
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