| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M99071/01 |
| Title: |
MODELLING MULTIPLE AND COLLABORATIVE WORK TASKS: INTEGRATING TKS AND ICS (TICKS) |
| Principal Investigator: |
May, Professor J |
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| Department: |
Psychology |
| Organisation: |
University of Sheffield |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 February 2001 |
Ends: |
31 October 2004 |
Value (£): |
186,446
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Human-Computer Interactions |
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| Creative Industries |
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The research aim is to provide a new integrated approach, (TICKS) based on (TKS) and (ICS), to model the social and communicative processes and knowledge involved in multitasking and collaborative work tasks, undertaken in dynamically changing situations. We need to increase our understanding of modelling work tasks by considering that how the activities of collaboration are themselves embodied in cognitive, social and contextual processes and phenomena. New situations of the use indicate a need for individuals to work simultaneously on more than one task often in collaboration with other people, and in the varying contexts and locations. This necessitates identifying users' task knowledge, the relationship between tasks and the mental effort required in executing tasks. Working on collaborative tasks means identifying group goals, and how they can be achieved whilst minimising individual and group mental effort. Communication between group membersNeeds to be modelled as do the organisation and contextual concentrating within which the tasks are to be performed. From an HCI perspective, it is necessary to identify user, group and task requirements for interactive systems to support multitasking and collaboration.
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http://www.shef.ac.uk |