We propose a new way to describe affordances for action. Previous characterizations of affordances treat action possibilities as binary categories-either possible or impossible-separated by a critical point. Here, we show that affordances are probabilistic functions, thus accounting for variability in motor performance. By measuring an affordance function, researchers can describe the likelihoo...

10 Abstract Performing any behavior requires perceiving 11 affordances—whether and how that behavior can be per12 formed. Perception of affordances exhibits action scaling— 13 choices about when to transition between two different modes 14 of behavior reflect the fit between action capabilities and en15 vironmental properties. The boundary between distances that 16 are perceived to be reachable...

The physical environments in which design collaborations take place provide many affordances, which enable interactions to occur both seamlessly and (in most cases) successfully. Physical collaboration is also facilitated through many aspects of the design process. Virtual design collaboration on the other hand, while successful at achieving the direct representation of activity around the arte...

The aim of the paper is to advance understanding of in-service learning and skills sector trainee teachers’ learning and propose ways of improving their learning. A conceptual framework is developed by extending Billett’s (2008) conceptualisation of workplace learning, as a relationally interdependent process between the opportunities workplaces afford for activities and interactions, and how i...

The aim of the paper is to advance understanding of in-service learning and skills sector trainee teachers’ learning and propose ways of improving their learning. A conceptual framework is developed by extending Billett’s (2008) conceptualisation of workplace learning, as a relationally interdependent process between the opportunities workplaces afford for activities and interactions, and how i...

Cognitive science and its philosophy have been far too long consumed with representation. This concern is indicative of a creeping Cartesianism that many scientists and philosophers wish to evade. However, their naturalism is often insufficiently evolutionary to fully appreciate the lessons of pragmatism. If cognitive neuroscience and pragmatism are to be mutually beneficial, the representation...

The evolution of social media has introduced novel possibilities for work and interaction in organizations. The wiki technology is one important kind of social media technologies that is often used to facilitate the creation and sharing of organizational knowledge within communities. Using an affordance lens, we seek to understand the relationship between social media and organizations through ...

• Technology Affordances Gaver, W. • Affordances: Clarifying and Evolving a Concept Joanna McGrenere, Wayne Ho • Affordances, Conventions and Design – Donald A. Norman • But how, Donald, tell us how? On the creation of meaning in interaction design through feedforward and inherent feedback Tom Djajadiningrat, Kees Overbeeke & Stephan Wensveen. • Unremarkable Computing Peter Tolmie, James Pycock...