Mediating Group Dynamics through Tabletop Interface Design

Author

Morris, Meredith Ringel ; Cassanego, Anthony ; Paepcke, Andreas ; Winograd, Terry ; Piper, Anne Marie ; Huang, Anqi

Author_Institution

Stanford Univ., CA

Volume

26

Issue

5

fYear

2006

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

73

Abstract

A Stanford University research group explores how design alternatives for tabletop interfaces can impact group dynamics to promote effective teamwork. They built and evaluated a series of novel prototypes that explore multi-user coordination policies and cooperative gesturing, encouraging equitable participation in educational tasks and supporting social skills development for special-needs populations

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer displays; groupware; handicapped aids; social sciences; user interfaces; cooperative gesturing; educational task; group dynamics mediation; multiuser coordination policy; social skills development support; special-needs population; tabletop interface design; teamworking; Accidents; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Displays; Electric breakdown; Magnetohydrodynamic power generation; Mediation; Permission; Protocols; Voting; co-located groupware; computer-supported cooperative work; single display groupware; tabletop computing; tabletop user interface design; Computer Graphics; Computer Peripherals; Cooperative Behavior; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Humans; Information Dissemination; Information Storage and Retrieval; Man-Machine Systems; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCG.2006.114

Filename

1683695