Saxaren: strengthening informal collaboration among geographically distributed teachers

Authors:
Kristina Groth;Sinna Lindqvist;Cristian Bogdan;Tobias Lidskog;Yngve Sundblad;Ovidiu Sandor
Affiliations:
HCI-group, Stockholm, Sweden;HCI-group, Stockholm, Sweden;HCI-group, Stockholm, Sweden;Metamatrix Development & Consulting, Stockholm, Sweden;HCI-group, Stockholm, Sweden;HCI-group, Stockholm, Sweden
Venue:
OZCHI '06 Proceedings of the 18th Australia conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Design: Activities, Artefacts and Environments
Year:
2006

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Abstract

For people working in situations with few colleagues around, information technology could be used for increased communication with colleagues at other places. One such group is teachers in rural areas. In our work with teachers in an archipelago school distributed over six islands we have focused on encouraging communication using a digital notice board, providing for quick handwritten notes, connecting all islands. Based on the teachers' collaborative situation, and on the design, implementation and use of the prototype, we illustrate, by a number of recorded notes, how the teachers have been using the prototype, relating the findings to group building, easy access, and playful behaviour.