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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Collaborative Environments"”.
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Collaborative environments for disaster relief
… in order to recognize the issues in terms of collaborative environments during a disaster relief missions. These examinations have revealed the fact that the availabilities of site-specific information is a major concern when some decisions concerning relief activities are made, but the …
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Protecting Personal Private Information in Collaborative Environments
… networking and computing power, the creation of Collaborative Working Environments (CWEs) has allowed for this process to occur anytime over any geographical distance. Sharing information between individuals through collaborative environments creates new challenges in privacy protection for …
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Decentralized Trust-Based Access Control for Dynamic Collaborative Environments
… access control (TBAC) system for a dynamic collaborative environment (DCE). By building a privilege management infrastructure (PMI) based on trust, user access was determined using behavior grading without the need for pre-configured, centrally managed role hierarchies or permission sets. …
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A context-aware notification framework for developers of computer supported collaborative environments
… as important components of Computer Supported Collaborative Environments (CSCE) (Dourish & Bellotti, 1992; Erickson & Kellogg, 2003; Moody, 2000; Prinz, 1999). To support user actions and interactions sufficient to create and sustain a sense of community, recent CSCE have been developed with …
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Mobile Collaborative Virtual Environments: A Paradigm Shift from Desktop to Mobile Online Communities
… are myriad examples of virtual communities and environments available for collaborative activities. However, most of these environments are confined to the desktop and thus preclude collaboration while users are on the move. Through a scenario-based design process, this article establishes the …
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Enhancing productivity through effective collaborations : the barriers and enablers of collaboration within geographic bioclusters
… and presence in the local area, the collaborative behavior within these clusters has yet to be explored. The goal of this study was to characterize the barriers and enablers of effective collaboration within bioclusters, and amongst their key stakeholder groups. This study directly …
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Narratives of the Leadership Development of Adults Who Served as Summer Camp Staff in the Mennonite Setting : a Multiple Case Study
… set of knowledge and skills to be effective in collaborative environments. The focus of this study was to investigate how collaborative environments can contribute to leadership development. The purpose of this study was to describe how the collaborative environment of summer camp helped shape …
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A cloud-based collaborative virtual learning environment for the higher education institutions in the Sultanate of Oman.
… in cloud computing have made it possible for collaborative environments to be developed for educational services. However, some HEIs are still using traditional VLE tools which receive minimal utilisation by users mostly for uploading and downloading course materials. This study focuses on …
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The Social Structures of OSINT: Examining Collaboration and Competition in Open Source Intelligence Investigations
… also by professionals -- in both competitive and collaborative environments. These investigations rely on publicly available information, called open source intelligence (OSINT). However, due to their online nature, OSINT investigations often present coordination, technological, and ethical …
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An Internet based multimedia infrastructure for collaborative engineering
The evolution of computer based collaborative environments has resulted in easier and more economical design efforts among geographically distributed design teams. Most of today's internet based collaborative applications allow people that are geographically dispersed to meet with each other using …
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Dynamic trust negotiation for decentralised e-health collaborations
… and trust - this is especially so in open collaborative environments like the Grid where resources can be both made available, subsequently accessed and used by remote users from a multitude of institutions with a variety of different privileges spanning across the collaboration. In this …
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Virtual workplaces : when metaphors breakdown
… As we introduce new technologies and build new environments our model is changing. Today's virtual workplaces are grounded in models of work that have been reformed from our experiences using current technology in physical workspace. However we are discovering opportunities and possibilities for …
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Writing Ourselves Out of Trouble: Exploring the Possibilities of Restorative Practices on Ninth Grade Writing Performance
… school students who study—and heal and grow—in collaborative environments informed by RJ? I use classroom observations to establish what the environment of an RJ informed classroom looks like in contrast to that of a non-RJ informed classroom. Next, I turn to student interviews and writing …
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A Comparative Analysis of Style of User Interface Look and Feel in a Synchronous Computer Supported Cooperative Work Environment
… (CSCW) environment for delivering Internet-based collaborative content. The problem motivating this study is that people who are located in different places need to be able to communicate with one another. One way to do this is by using complex computer tools that allow users to share information, …
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Configuration management for a distributed and collaborative software development environment
… has resulted in dispersed teams and collaborative opportunities, which offer value and depth to projects. Software development also reflects this globalization, as do all the processes involved in software development. It is important to understand these changes and how they affect …
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Lakatos-style proving activity in primary school: A mixed-methods study to explore and support teachers’ mathematical knowledge and views
… The findings suggest that discourse-based collaborative environments featuring comic-style classroom episodes can create a productive space for preparing teachers to teach Lakatos-style activity. This environment not only helped uncover varying teacher perspectives, but also enabled shifts …
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Understanding teacher collaboration in disadvantaged urban primary schools: uncovering practices that foster professional learning communities
… primary schools in Ireland. It inquires into the collaborative practices of primary teachers exploring how class teachers and support teachers develop ways of working together in an effort to improve the literacy and numeracy levels of their student. Traditionally teachers have worked in isolation …
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Socio-technical aspects of concurrent engineering in construction - a German perspective
Collaborative working in construction is becoming an increasingly important management strategy as many design activities and tasks usually require the involvement of project participants from multiple disciplines and functions based in different geographical locations. Recent years have seen the …
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An assessment of the missional model of graduate theological education: A case study
… affect were local and global trends, fostering collaborative environments, the missional emphasis of administration, the missional experiences and background of the faculty, and the global, communal learning environment fostered in the ESJ school. The educational environments ascertained were …
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The Drama Of Collaborative Creativity: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Hollywood Film Making-Of Documentaries
… its context, in groups, and in filmmaking as a collaboratively creative enterprise. This study answers the research call to explore filmmaking as an exemplar for collaborative creativity. Utilizing the stories told on DVD extras on special edition releases of feature films, this study analyzes …
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