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Workshop on Modelling Multiple and Collaborative Tasks.
IHM-HCI 2001, Lille, France, 10-14th September 2001.
http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/IHM-HCI2001/
THEME
Past approaches to analysing and modelling tasks have concentrated on individual
tasks with clearly
defined start- and end- points. There has been much less focus on modelling
individual or group
tasks that are undertaken in parallel or are interleaved. These often occur in
dynamically changing
environments, and with additional challenges, such as the occurrence of
continuous activities
supported by sophisticated technology.
We need to understand how users work individually and within groups. The
motivation for this
workshop has come from a number of research and practical considerations, such
as:-
i) the need to understand and model organisational, social, cognitive and
communicative processes
and the knowledge involved in multiple and collaborative tasks;
ii) the need to assess the utility of current approaches to modelling
multiple and collaborative
tasks;
iii) how to address the issue of gathering, analysing and modelling data
related to multiple and
collaborative activities;
iv) the appropriateness of different representational formats for describing
multiple and
collaborative tasks, and subsequent contributions to design of interactive
systems.
The workshop is timely and important for the design of future systems, to
support multitasking and
collaboration. We are currently being challenged by users in domains such as
healthcare, where the
designed systems do not support the nature of the work being undertaken. Often
this work is
creative, with multitasking and teamwork. The predominant form of user
interface is desktop direct
manipulation which inflicts a style of interaction and a manner of working that
constrains users by
serializing and occasionally trivializing what would otherwise be complex,
parallel tasks.
QUESTIONS OF INTEREST INCLUDE:
What factors dictate which tasks are undertaken in parallel? Is this due to
shared or common
knowledge, or constraining the use of cognitive or physical resources? What is
the effect of
interruptions, and their relationship to errors? How do these change in
different contexts and work
situations?
How information external to an individual or group is used and becomes part of
the task context?
How groups undertake work by sharing and dividing responsibilities and pooling
resources? How do
groups form goals and how do these relate to individual goals and plans for
conducting tasks?
EXPECTED PARTICIPANTS:
The workshop will provide a forum for designers, researchers and practitioners
interested in
modelling individual and group tasks to present their own work and ideas.
Additionally, it is
expected that practitioners could consider the contribution of modelling
approaches to identifying
requirements and designs for systems to support multitasking and collaborative
tasks.
PROGRAMME:
This one day workshop will include the following:
AM
Introduction to the workshop and participants backgrounds
Short talks by participants, with discussions
PM
Work on exemplar scenarios to investigate issues of concern;
what is to be modelled;
consideration of different modelling (including any new) approaches;
issues to be addressed in designing systems to support multitasking and
collaboration.
Report back/concluding session.
OUTPUT
A likely output from the workshop is a report in Interactions, the bulletin of
the British HCI
group. Longer papers arising from this workshop could form the basis of an
edited book or special
issue of a journal.
DEADLINES
Extended abstracts (three A4 pages) in rtf format should be submitted to Peter
Wild
([log in to unmask]) to arrive
no later than 30/07/01.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Jon May, University of Sheffield
Timothy Gamble, University of Sheffield
Hilary Johnson, University of Bath
Peter Wild, University of Bath
Peter Johnson, University of Bath
Further Information can be obtained from:
Peter Wild,
HCI and Multimedia Group Deparment of Computer Science,
University of Bath,
Bath, BA2 7AY
email: [log in to unmask]
phone: +44 (0)1225 323246
fax: +44 (0)1225 323493
HCI 2001 http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/IHM-HCI2001/
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