Creating a space for increased community feeling among geographically distributed teachers

Authors:
Kristina Groth;Cristian Bogdan;Sinna Lindquist;Minna Räsänen;Ovidiu Sandor;Tobias Lidskog
Affiliations:
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden;Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden;Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden;Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden;Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden;Metamatrix Development & Consulting AB, Scheelegatan, Stockholm, Sweden
Venue:
Proceedings of the 4th decennial conference on Critical computing: between sense and sensibility
Year:
2005

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Abstract

We present the initial stages of a project in which we focus on participatory design methods to build information and communication technology support that stimulate knowledge sharing in a group of geographically distributed teachers. Teachers in general spend most of their time in a classroom leaving few opportunities for social encounters and chats with their colleagues. The prototype we are developing focuses on informality and playfulness, that would increase the social communication and thereby the community feeling. In turn, this would ultimately increase learning among the setting members.