Course Goals
Course Goals
From the Graduate Catalog: Review and critique of state-of-the-art computing systems supporting cooperative work. Introduction to toolkits, software architectures and implementation issues relevant to development of systems for cooperative work. Analysis of group interactions and concerns in collaborative activities such as writing, design, meetings, communication, and decision-making. Pre: Graduate standing; (3H,3C). II. Alternate years.
Learning Objectives
become familiar with major frameworks for conceptualizing, designing and evaluating CSCW systems;
develop a repertoire of techniques for analyzing cooperative work situations and for applying the resulting analyses to system design and redesign;
understand the usage implications of relevant technologies and architectures for developing CSCW systems;
become familiar with state-of-the-art research issues and themes in the analysis, design and evaluation of CSCW systems; and
apply some coherent set of concepts learned to the analysis of design of an actual CSCW system.
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Last Updated: January 1998