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GROUP
2005
ACM
14 years 8 days ago
Supporting social worlds with the community bar
The Community Bar is groupware supporting informal awareness and casual interaction for small social worlds: a group of people with a common purpose. Its conceptual design is prim...
Gregor McEwan, Saul Greenberg
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Learning how: the search for craft knowledge on the internet
Communicating the subtleties of a craft technique, like putting a zipper into a garment or throwing a clay pot, can be challenging even when working side by side. Yet HowTo conten...
Cristen Torrey, Elizabeth F. Churchill, David W. M...
CANDC
2007
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Group creativity in virtual math teams: interactional mechanisms for referencing, remembering and bridging
In this paper, we present a qualitative case study of group creativity online in the domain of mathematics. We define creative work broadly, ranging from the micro-level coconstru...
Johann W. Sarmiento, Gerry Stahl
IVA
2005
Springer
14 years 6 days ago
A Conversational Agent as Museum Guide - Design and Evaluation of a Real-World Application
This paper describes an application of the conversational agent Max in a real-world setting. The agent is employed as guide in a public computer museum, where he engages with visit...
Stefan Kopp, Lars Gesellensetter, Nicole C. Kr&aum...
ITICSE
2005
ACM
14 years 8 days ago
A research-led curriculum in multimedia: learning about convergence
Traditional teaching methods have acknowledged limitations. Lectures may be used to transmit information efficiently, but often fail to motivate students to engage with the subjec...
Hugh C. Davis, Su White