Video threads: asynchronous video sharing for temporally distributed teams

  • Authors:
  • Jeremy Barksdale;Kori Inkpen;Mary Czerwinski;Aaron Hoff;Paul Johns;Asta Roseway;Gina Venolia

  • Affiliations:
  • Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, & Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, USA;Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, USA;Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, USA;Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, USA;Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, USA;Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, USA;Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Work teams are often geographically distributed, and in some cases, experience large time-zone differences with no overlap in working hours. We explored the use of asynchronous video in temporally distributed teams. We developed VideoThreads, which provides a novel thread-based visualization of video messages. Based on a deployment to four teams, we offer design recommendations and insights about the benefits of asynchronous video sharing.