Telepresence Robots: Applications and Issues in Higher Education from Michael Paskevicius Telepresence robots potentially open up access to education to people in remote geographical locations as well individuals who are unable to travel to campus due to health or social
This week’s workshop focused on social media in relation to CSCW. The presenters explored how issues of accessibility are accommodated in social networks, the role of copyright and open licensing in social media, social media relationship to crisis and world
Sad to have missed the workshops on gaming last week. Based on the optional reading posted to Github and presentations found through Slack I am preparing this short reflection to make up for missing the session. After reviewing the resources
We were fortunate to have two guest presentations this week from speakers from industry. What I particularly enjoyed from both presentations was the generous sharing of what collaborative tools were being used to support their businesses and how they were
Ontologies in the Context of Information Science The majority of the readings this week looked at the notion of ontology as a means of organizing and structuring information. This is the first time I have considered ontology in this way
This week’s readings focused on theoretical frameworks and approaches for doing CSCW research. This was timely reading as I am starting to think about how my own PhD research is going to unfold. Conducting Behavioral Research Reading Easterbrook et al.
The articulation of web 2.0 represented a significant shift in the development of the web which had a substantial impact on the software development industry. Furthermore, the move towards web 2.0 represented considerable changes to social practices using technology. For this
Computer supported cooperative work defined Computer supported collaborative work (CSCW) is a multidisciplinary field which seeks to understand cooperative work which makes use of information technology. This may include how technology is used in face-to-face settings as well as when
Coming from the Faculty of Education, I am quite happy to be part of this course and to approach this topic from a computer science perspective. My interest is in the application of educational technologies for learning as well as building and fostering communities of