Developing CSCW tools for idea finding - Empirical results and implications for design

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 106-115

  Prante, Thorsten ^a   Magerkurth, Carsten ^a   Streitz, Norbert ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co located groups; Computer supported cooperative work; Creativity; Formative evaluation; Human computer interaction; Idea finding; Large displays; Mind mapping; Personal digital assistants; Production blocking; Tool suite

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; STUDENTS;

MIND-MAPPING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 0037661101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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