The Freedom to Work from an Arbitiary Position

We have designed two sets of communication tools to enable telepresence in groups who work in different locations. Afterwards we evaluated the tools. Studie (A), in the first group, take place in a big company in a relatively small group of seven people. While study (B), in the second group, take place in a larger group of approx. 20 members in an academic research lab. In order to design this two communication systems we argue that a broader perspective of work, living environment, life, friends and relations need to be considered. Insight into this complexity could only be gained using a "multi-domain methodology". We will in this poster give an example of these two ongoing research projects where we have used this methodology. KEYWORDS Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Teleworking, Information Sharing, Collaborative processes, shared workspace.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1996
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Britt Jönsson, Anna Schömer, Konrad Tollmar
• Keywords: Academic Research Lab, CHI 1996, Communication Tools, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Human Computer Interaction