CSCW

Informatics 153

Tu-Th 2 to 3:20


General Description [top]

The objective of the course is to provide an overview of the field of computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) including related fields of social computing, computer supported cooperative healthcare, and so on.

Course Overview [top]

Informatics 153 is an undergraduate level course that focuses on the field of computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW). This class is a survey of studies of collaborative applications and system use. In this class, we will focus on the following issues as they relate to the design and use of collaborative systems: patterns of cooperation, theories of how system design affects group behavior, design principles for collaborative technologies, and specific types of functionality and their effects on collaboration.

CSCW is an interdisciplinary field, drawing on theories from fields as diverse as software, artificial intelligence, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and organizational behavior. In this course, many readings will be taken from the ACM CSCW and ECSCW conferences, which serve as archival material for the field. We will also read from other sources, including related HCI and CSCW journals and conferences.

Instructor [top]

Gillian R. Hayes
  • Office: Donald Bren Hall, 5072
  • Phone: 949-824-1483
  • Email: gillianrh [at] ics [dot] uci [dot] edu
  • Office Hours: Wednesdays from 11 to 12 online in the EEE chatroom or by appointment
Readings [top]
Articles for class

TO BE POSTED SOON

Other sources of additional related readings:

The ACM digital library (www.acm.org/dl) has the following:

Proceedings of ACM CSCW (Computer-Supported Cooperative Work)
 Proceedings of ACM Group
 Proceedings of ACM CHI (Computer-Human Interaction)
 Proceedings of ACM DIS (Designing Interactive Systems)
 ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Also online you can find the CSCW journal: Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)

Proceedings of ECSCW (European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work)

Baecker, R.M. (1993). Readings in Groupware and Computer Supported Cooperative Work: Software to Facilitate Human-Human Collaboration, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.

Greif, I. (ed.), (1988). Computer-Supported Cooperative Work:  A Book of Readings. San Mateo: CA: Morgan Kaufman.