The noticeable advance in the area of computer technology has paved the way for the invention of powerful mobile devices. However, limited storage, short battery life, and relatively low computational power define the major problems of such devices. Due to the ever increasing computational requirements, such devices may fail to process needed tasks under certain constraints. One of the proposed...

Computer applications are given increasingly complex functions to operate in multifaceted collaborative environments. The more capability and responsibility that is given to ‘computational agents’, the more we need to consider them as ‘collaborators’ in carrying out complex, shared tasks. In the aviation domain, for example, pilots are expected to monitor, anticipate and manage partially autono...

Collaborative engineering design involves various stakeholders with different perspectives. The design process is relatively complex and difficult to handle. Various conflicts always happen among the design tasks and affect the design team performance. Therefore, to represent collaborative design process and capture the evolution of design perspectives in a structured way is critical to manage ...

Recent years have witnessed major development in plurilingual pedagogies which support the use of learners’ repertoire languages language learning contexts (Payant & Galante, 2022; Piccardo, 2013). However, little research has been undertaken to examine adult perceptions towards their during authentic collaborative writing tasks and contrasted these views with actual behaviours. In this cas...

The workshop on the evaluation of collaborative information retrieval and seeking (ECol) was held in conjunction with the 24th Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) in Melbourne, Australia. The workshop featured three main elements. First, a keynote on the main dimensions, challenges, and opportunities in collaborative information retrieval and seeking by Chirag Shah. Second...

introduction: collaborative testing is a learning strategy that provides students with the opportunity to learn and practice collaboration. this study aimed to determine the effect of collaborative testing on test performance and retention of course content in nursing students of shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran. methods: this quasi-experimental study was carried out on 84 st...

This paper reports on the task-based interaction of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in the 3D multiuser virtual environment (MUVE) Second Life. The discussion first explores research on the precursors of MUVEs, text-based 2D virtual worlds known as MOOs. This is followed by an examination of studies on the use of MUVEs in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). The discussion t...

In this paper the authors propose an ICT architecture for the support of collaborative tasks within a dispersed sales force training process in multinational pharmaceutical companies. Four areas of collaboration are identified through case studies. Each of these areas comprises a certain number of collaborative tasks. The equivocality and complexity of these tasks have to be taken into account ...

Advances in science education research have the potential to improve the way students learn to perform scientific interpretations and understand science concepts. We developed active, collaborative activities to teach skills in manipulating flow cytometry data using FlowJo software. Undergraduate students were given compensated clinical flow cytometry listmode output (FCS) files and asked to de...

one of the distinguishing features of implementation research is the importance given to involve implementers in all aspects of research, and as users of research. we report on a recent implementation research effort in india, in which researchers worked together with program implementers from one of the longest serving government funded insurance schemes in india, the rajiv aarogyasri scheme (...