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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Collaborative tools"”.
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Strategic system design and development using collaborative tools
… This thesis examines engineering and management tools that assist an organization in understanding a system and in the rapid development of strategic designs that exhibit the desired integrated system-level characteristics. Specifically, three product and process tools will be examined: the …
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A web-based system for media sharing and collaborative tools
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000.
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Student Experiences, Attitudes, and Perceptions Toward Online Collaborative Tools: A Case Study
… with literacy deficiencies as they used collaborative technology tools in an online after-school tutoring program that focused on reading and writing skills. Leveraging the sociocultural theory of reading (Freebod & Luke, 1990), participants worked collaboratively to strengthen skills …
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Collaborative editor environments for player programs
… Although there are no standardized set of collaborative tools that exist for player programming IDEs, this paper documents the steps taken to investigate the ideal collaborative tools for editing player programs. These tools are a combination of frontend and backend features. Initial …
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Designing Inclusivity in Collaborative Technology
Are Collaborative Tools Effective for Low-Status Workers? My thesis aims to provide answers to this question. Prior research in social science and organizational science argues that collaborative tools should be effective since technology reflects the social values of its users, and users will …
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New information technologies in public participation : a challenge to old decision-making institutional frameworks
… consultation and, together with Internet-based collaborative tools, introduced it in the environmental impact assessment review process, for the solid urban waste incinerator of S. Joao da Talha, Portugal. Supported by the evidence gathered from this experiment and by my analysis of the …
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Group collaboration with App Inventor
… There is a limited corpus of work around collaborative editing of code in visual programming languages such as block-based programming. I present a collaborative programming environment to MIT App Inventor, a web-based visual platform for building Android applications with blocks, which …
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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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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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Designing Human-AI Collaborative Systems for Historical Photo Identification
… not widely adopted due to a lack of specialized tools and inherent inaccuracies and biases. In my dissertation, I address this gap by combining the complementary strengths of human intelligence and AI. I introduce Photo Sleuth, a novel person identification pipeline that combines crowdsourced …
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Learning to Change and Changing Learning in Environmental Management: A case study of the Kaw Nature Reserve in French Guiana
… information. Second, a useful way of beginning collaborative education is to recognize, respect and make the most of the diverse experiences, opinions and knowledge of all the stakeholders. I present a case study that focuses on the stakeholders of the Kaw Nature Reserve. This Reserve is eight …
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Learning to Change and Changing Learning in Environmental Management: A case study of the Kaw Nature Reserve in French Guiana
… information. Second, a useful way of beginning collaborative education is to recognize, respect and make the most of the diverse experiences, opinions and knowledge of all the stakeholders. I present a case study that focuses on the stakeholders of the Kaw Nature Reserve. This Reserve is eight …
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A plan for improving The City Of Cape Town Corporate Intranet by applying knowledge sharing Insights
… key services including information retrieval and collaborative tools. The study's primary research data is drawn from interviews with key users of the corporate intranet via snowball sampling. The resultant qualitative data is interpreted and compared with insights from the KM literature and the …
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Master Principals' Perceptions of the Impact of the Arkansas Leadership Academy's Master Principal Program on Leadership Practices, School Cultures and Student Achievement
… as of 2011. Interviews and a focus group using collaborative tools for reflection were the primary data collection methods.</p> <p>Five major findings emerged from this study as areas of impact of the MPP grounded both by the individuals' strong convictions and practice, and from the collection …
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Supporting Collaborative Design through Risk Analysis: Benefits of Calculated Risk in the Design of Interactive Systems
… distributed, support for project management in collaborative environments is critical. Management tasks include maintaining team coordination, monitoring progress, and, of particular interest for this work, managing risk tasks often add significant overhead to a project. To reduce overhead, …
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Pathways of the creative journey - The significance of a cruise ship concept design
… and practices, the utilization of modern tools, maturity of design, punctuality, cost evolution, and potential risks, are considered.In the construction of a new ship, in particular within prototype, focused and efficient steering of the design process has a significant impact on the …
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Collaborative video game design work and diversity
… how to better support diversity within collaborative video game design work. I identified three concrete areas to study diversity within this field (understanding the structure of organizations, understanding collaborative work tool selection and use, and broadening the participation of …
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Intellectual Property Management in Innovation Ecosystems: Developing Visual Methods for Mapping Dynamics, Uncertainties, and Risks
… three new visual methods and practice-oriented tools, namely the Standardised Visual Ecosystem Language (SVEL), its IP-specific modular extension (SVEL+IP), and the SVEL+IP Actionable Process. This study adopts an empirical and qualitative multiple-case study approach in three parts to develop …