Groupware: some issues and experiences
Communications of the ACM
Obstacles to user involvement in software product development, with implications for CSCW
International Journal of Man-Machine Studies - Computer-supported cooperative work and groupware. part 2
Awareness and coordination in shared workspaces
CSCW '92 Proceedings of the 1992 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
A usability study of awareness widgets in a shared workspace groupware system
CSCW '96 Proceedings of the 1996 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Visualization of search results: a comparative evaluation of text, 2D, and 3D interfaces
Proceedings of the 22nd annual international ACM SIGIR conference on Research and development in information retrieval
The effects of workspace awareness support on the usability of real-time distributed groupware
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Collaborative Virtual Environments: Digital Places and Spaces for Interaction
Collaborative Virtual Environments: Digital Places and Spaces for Interaction
Participatory Design: Principles and Practices
Participatory Design: Principles and Practices
What we know about CSCL and implementing it in higher education
What we know about CSCL and implementing it in higher education
Peer to Peer Computing: The Evolution of a Disruptive Technology
Peer to Peer Computing: The Evolution of a Disruptive Technology
Designing collaborative learning systems: current trends & future research agenda
CSCL '05 Proceedings of th 2005 conference on Computer support for collaborative learning: learning 2005: the next 10 years!
Educational virtual environments: design rationale and architecture
Multimedia Tools and Applications
Designing Virtual Worlds
Analyzing place metaphors in 3D educational collaborative virtual environments
Computers in Human Behavior
Disinhibition in a CSCL environment
CSCL '02 Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning: Foundations for a CSCL Community
Unifying heterogeneous e-learning modalities in a single platform: CADI, a case study
Computers & Education
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E-learning systems have gone through a radical change from the initial text-based environments to more stimulating multimedia systems. Such systems are Collaborative Virtual Environments, which could be used in order to support collaborative e-learning scenarios. The main aim of this paper is to aid educational designers in selecting, designing and evaluating three dimensional collaborative virtual environments in order to gain the pedagogical benefits of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Therefore, this paper initially discusses the potential of three dimensional networked virtual environments for supporting collaborative learning. Furthermore, based on a two-step platform selection process this paper (a) presents and compares three dimensional multi-user virtual environments for supporting collaborative learning and (b) validates the most promising solution against a set of design principles for educational virtual environments. According to these principles, an educational environment has been implemented on top of the selected platform in order to support collaborative e-learning scenarios. The design of this environment is also presented. In addition, this paper presents the results of three small scale studies carried out in a tertiary education department, to assess the educational environment. This environment has been evaluated based on a hybrid evaluation methodology for uncovering usability problems, collecting further requirements for additional functionality to support collaborative virtual learning environments, and determining the appropriateness of different kinds of learning scenarios.