Task division in collaborative simulations

Author

Dugan, Bob ; Glinert, Ephraim

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Dept., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

7-10 Jan. 2002

Abstract

We describe a study conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of task division on collaboration between pairs of users in asynchronous groupware simulation. The study involved measuring and analyzing over 50 performance criteria on 16 team pairs. Statistically significant results show that task division increased team interaction and improved group performance in subsequent unrelated group activities when compared to a control version of the software. The simulation, CollabBillboard, was developed as part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute´s technology enhanced collaborative classroom.

Keywords

courseware; digital simulation; groupware; teaching; CollabBillboard; asynchronous groupware simulation; collaborative simulations; control version; group performance; performance criteria; task division; team interaction; team pairs; technology enhanced collaborative classroom; unrelated group activities; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Communication system control; Computational modeling; Computer science; Computer simulation; Educational institutions; Performance analysis; Teamwork;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 2002. HICSS. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1435-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2002.994541

Filename

994541