In this paper we describe a study of asynchronous groupware effects on outcome quality and productivity of process redesign groups. Seven groups were studied in two organisations. All groups followed the same group methodology, MetaProi, which comprises a process redesign meta-process with three stages process definition, analysis and redesign. The study indicates that asynchronous groupware su...

Governments, international agencies and corporations are increasingly investing in traditional herbal medicine research. Yet little literature addresses ethical challenges in this research. In this paper, we apply concepts in a comprehensive ethical framework for clinical research to international traditional herbal medicine research. We examine in detail three key, underappreciated dimensions ...

To inform the design of groupware technologies such as those for cooperative buildings, we investigated the work habits of teams that collaborate in dedicated project rooms. We conducted field work that included interviews of teams in 9 U.S. companies who had dedicated project rooms and a 6 week observation of one site. In our study, team members using dedicated project rooms reported clear adv...

Collaborative Learning 030 Helen Neale, Danaë Stanton KidStory: Evaluating Children’s Collaborative Story Creation 036 Antonio Rizzo, Berthe Saudelli POGO: pedagogical issues in designing narrative technology 041 Christopher M. Hoadley, Mark Schlager, Elaine Coleman, Barbara Means, Bill Penuel The design of online learning communities: research at the Center for Technology in Learning, SRI Inte...

During the past year the Associate Director for Genetics has continued old programs developed as Chief of the Environmental Mutagenesis Branch (1972-1976) and has developed new projects in the area of environmental mutagenesis in the following areas: (I) international programs; (2) national programs; (3) training courses; (4) committees; (5) collaborative studies; (6) collaborative research pro...

This study analyses the research output of India in epilepsy research during 2002-11 on several parameters including the growth, rank and global publications share, citation impact, share of international collaborative papers, contribution of major collaborative partner countries, contribution of various subject-fields, contribution and impact of most productive institutions and authors, media ...

In worldwide organizations, the share of collaborative work is increasing steadily and, in the current global economy, the collaborative work is international in nature. With the availability and increased use of information and communication technologies most of the international collaborative work is electronic-mediated. This exploratory empirical research is an attempt to identify some facto...