6th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS 2007) Investigating the Shared Visual Context in Distributed Collaborative Work Melbourne, Australia July 11-July 13 ISBN: 0-7695-2841-4
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ICIS.2007.125
Distributed collaborators require computermediated communication (CMC) technologies in order to work together. Various systems have been developed for this express purpose with varying degrees of success. A basic method of evaluating the usability of a system is to compare it with face-to-face interaction. To replicate the face-to-face context, it is necessary to investigate how visual information plays a role in supporting collaborators performing tasks. This research examines the effects of visual information and its role in both face-to-face and video generated visual contexts. The results were generated by asking participants to collaboratively solve visual tasks in either of the two contexts. The results show that both the face-to-face and the video conferencing contexts have similar effects on subjects? ability to perform tasks. Task outcomes exhibited no significant difference between these two contexts. Awareness and conversational grounding had positive effects on the subject?s task performance and communication. On the other hand, presence had mixed effects on a subject?s task performance and communication behaviors.
Citation:
Dawei Jia, Kathy Blashki, Penelope Goward, Jim Eales, "Investigating the Shared Visual Context in Distributed Collaborative Work," icis, pp.912-917, 6th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS 2007), 2007 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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