The objective of this paper is the design of computer supported joint actionspaces. It is argued against a view of functionality as residing in computer applications. Insuch a view the creation of functionality is equivalent to the creation of computerapplications. Functionality, in the view...

The position paper reports on our experiences with building an Eclipse based BSCW client called BSCWeasel. The client opens new opportunities for using the BSCW system, which was developed as a web-based groupware solution providing coordination support concepts like Shared Workspaces, Awareness...

Virtuelle Organisationen spielen eine zunehmend wichtigere Rolle bei derDienstleistungserstellung. Die effektive Gestaltung kollektiver Lernprozesse fördertdie Wettbewerbsfähigkeit solcher Organisationen entscheidend. Das OlViOProjektverfolgt das Ziel, neuartige Erkenntnisse hinsichtlich des...

Den Bezugsrahmen des vorliegenden Sammelbandes bilden Organisationsformenund Kooperationsbeziehungen, welche Kennzeichen aufweisen, die in der aktuellenwissenschaftlichen und managementtheoretischen Diskussion unter dem Begriffder „Virtualisierung“ thematisiert werden. Im Gegensatz zu...

CSCL at the workplace is subject to the special characteristics of a situation where learning is not the primary taskof the learners. The gap between the goal to work efficiently and the need to increase qualification and skills is evenwider in organizations which operate in knowledge-intensive...

Computerunterstütztes Lernen am Arbeitsplatz unterliegt speziellen Charakteristikeneiner Situation, in der das Hauptaugenmerk der Lernenden nicht auf das Lernengerichtet ist. Die Kluft zwischen dem Ziel der Arbeitseffizienz und dem Bedürfnis,Qualifikationen und Fähigkeiten zu steigern, ist...

The „OlViO“ project1 deals with knowledge management and e-learning asintegral parts of organizational learning in virtual organizations. Some of theproblems encountered in classical organizations become even harder in virtualorganizations because their members are distributed and cooperate...

Component technologies are perceived as an important means to keep software architectures flexible. Flexibility offered by componenttechnologies typically addresses software developers at design time. However, the design of software which should support socialsystems, such as work groups or...

Die Aneignung und Einbettung von Computersystemen in den Nutzungskontext stellt einen zentralen, nichtsdestotrotz von der bisherigen Forschung ungenügend adressierten Aspekt der Softwarenutzung dar. Es muss dabei klar sein, dass Aneignung ein kollektiver und kreativer Prozess gesehen werden...

Many IT design methodologies have been developed to guide professional designers towards aproduction of ‘good’ software that is useful to the users in the application fields addressed. But recentresearch has also stressed the creative activities of the users as an important part of...