Groupware is defined by the union of production, communication and coordination spaces.
These are supports for joint activities but they rarely allow the users to organise their …

Collaboration is essential for the success of construction projects. However, the concept of
collaboration is unclear, and the term is often related to different meanings. Construction …

While studying at the University of Amsterdam in the late 1990s and the early 2000s, I was
already well-aware that conducting academic research would be something I would pursue …

Emerging pervasive computing technologies present many opportunities to aid ad-hoc
collocated group collaboration. To better understand ad-hoc collaboration using pervasive …

The integration of CSCL tools inside larger platforms like Virtual Campuses is often
impossible. To overcome this problem, our general assumption is that they need a common …

Activity Theory is a framework to understand the totality of human work and its praxis in an
organization. Thus, when analysing human work, we must take into consideration not only …

This paper presents a year-long study of our project, aiming at (1) understanding the work
practices of clinical staff in trauma intensive care units (TICUs) at a trauma center, with …

This thesis is an interpretive qualitative research study exploring the use of welfare
technology in elderly care. In Norway, health care and social services for elderly people are …

Tant dans la manifestation concrète du phénomène que dans la manière de les
appréhender conceptuellement, les chercheurs interpellés par les technologies dans les …

Centralized systems are easier to build and maintain as compared to completely distributed
systems. However, distributed systems have the potential to be responsive and robust …