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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"distributed groups"”.
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Effects of Technological Support on Decision Making Performance of Distributed Groups
… of decision support tools on the performance of distributed groups. Data was collected in a controlled experimental environment that simulated a geographically-dispersed meeting through the use of videoconferencing and group communication support (GCSS) technology. Results of the use of a Group …
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An exploratory study of cohesion among co-located and virtual members of virtual, partially distributed groups
… and its development in virtual, partially distributed groups. This qualitative exploratory research design examined how co-located and virtual group participants experienced cohesion. Participants were part of a doctoral cohort. Data was gathered using a demographic survey and individual …
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Enhancing distributed collaboration using sociometric feedback
Distributed collaboration is often more challenging than co-located collaboration as many of the social signals become lost in computer-mediated communication. I propose a system that improves the performance of distributed groups using sociometric feedback. Sociometric feedback is a real-time …
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Design development and evaluation of collario, a group support system for collaborative scenario creation
… systems, like NxMsel provided by FEMA, allow distributed groups to create scenarios together. However, collaborative support in these systems is generally limited. This dissertation explores an innovative solution to provide various types of collaboration support around a knowledge structure …
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I-Views : a storymaking community of, by and for the audience
… and audiences, I-Views allows widely distributed groups of people to view, edit, compare, evaluate and discuss video material over the Internet. There are two types of tools: web-based video studio tools and virtual community building tools. The former allows the user to view, select, …
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Systematics, Ecology, and Distribution of Water Mites (Acari: Parasitengonina)
… represent one of the most abundant and evenly distributed groups of water mites found throughout Illinois. Fluridone, at 0.01 mg/L, and atrazine, at 0.02 mg/L, demonstrated significant adverse effects. Fluridone significantly affects mites at 1/10 th the recommended application rate for control …
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Voting in group support systems : theory, implementation, and results from an exploratory study
… Group Support Systems (GSS) can aide groups in making decisions by providing tools and process support. GSS is especially useful for geographically or temporally distributed groups. Researchers of GSS have pointed out that convergence processes are hard to accomplish in GSS. Voting …
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Playing Ethnography: A study of emergent behaviour in online games and virtual worlds
… emergent behaviour. • Communities of Play: Distributed groups formed around play demonstrate distinct characteristics based on shared values and play styles. The study describes in detail one such play community, and analyses the ways in which its characteristic play styles drove its …