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- Spante, Maria, 1967
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Connected Practice: The Dynamics of Social Interaction in Shared Virtual Environment
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis investigates the phenomenon of social interaction in shared virtual environments (SVEs), supported by virtual reality (VR) systems over time. SVEs are computer generated 3D graphical spaces where geographically distributed people can meet and interact with each other in a graphical space. Although there have been a number of studies about social interaction in SVEs, there has been a lack of research looking into changes over time, which this thesis does.In order to gain more knowledge about social interaction over the longer term, this thesis compares and contrasts four different types of VR systems that supported various SVEs. Two of the systems were internet based SVEs on desktop computers where many users could interact at the same time. One of the SVEs had voice based communication. The other SVE had text based communication. The other two were based in laboratory settings. One setting was networked immersive projection technologies (IPT) in which two participants performed a variety of tasks together. The other was one IPT connected to a desktop VR and participants changed systems half way through the trial in which they collaboratively solved a task together. In both settings voice based communication were used. Observations and other methods of analysis were carried out, focusing on differences and similarities in peoples behaviors in the process of social interaction over time in SVEs.The six papers contained in this thesis explore social interaction over time in shared virtual environments. This thesis argues that technology becomes not only a tool for social interaction; it also becomes a key aspect in social interaction. While the technology filters out some of the social cues we are familiar with from face to face situations, it also ‘filters in’ new cues that become important for how people can connect to each other in the shared virtual environment. Over time, these social cues, that people creates among themselves while using the technology, become essential for people learn about; otherwise they find it difficult to relate to each other and do things together in the shared virtual environments.The more difficulties people have in figuring out how to use the technology while interacting with others, the less they will accept the technology as an appropriate tool for connecting people and doing things together. The reason for this is that social and technical issues can only be separated analytically in shared virtual environments; in practice, as this thesis shows, they are highly intertwined.This thesis puts forward a dynamic model identifying the importance of looking more explicitly at individuals, technology, task and time while studying social interaction in SVEs. In this way, the thesis combines a number of insights both from previous social science theories of social interaction and practices - together with observations from the studies this thesis builds on. The thesis puts forward a concept that includes these insights - connected practice, defined as the dynamics of social interaction in technical systems. This concept can guide future studies to incorporate both technical and social aspects over time since it was shown to be the key to understanding the phenomenon of this thesis. It is finally suggested in the thesis that the concept connected practice can be utilized in other technical systems apart from SVEs in future research of social interaction in technical systems.
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- Axelsson, Ann-Sofie, et al.
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Att etablera ett kollaboratorium inom biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap : behov och utmaningar från ett praktikerperspektiv
- 2007
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Ingår i: Svensk biblioteksforskning. - : Högskolan i Borås. - 0284-4354 .- 1653-5235. ; 16:1, s. 1-13
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article describes a study that investigated the need for and challenges connected to the establishment of a collaboratory - a sociotechnical forum where information and other resources can be made accessible and used by practitioners within library and information science. In order to identify needs and challenges interviews were carried out with a number of practitioners at a number of different institutions. The results reveal that there is a need for a collaboratory in order to facilitate the sharing of personal knowledge “on demand”. It is of great importance that the collaboratory is well integrated with practitioner’s daily activities.
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- Spante, Maria, 1967-, et al.
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Interprofessionellt lärande som arbetsintegrerat lärande : när samtal om databaser och informationssökning skapar grund för lärande
- 2015
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Biblioteket på Högskolan Väst har en särskilt stödfunktion som kallas Forskarstöd. Det handlar om en grupp bibliotekarier som bland annat bistår forskarna i fråga om publiceringsstrategier, bibliometri, informationssökning och tillgängliggörande av forskningspublikationer i DiVA (Digitalt Vetenskapligt Arkiv). Tjänsten används frekvent och på olika sätt av olika forskare utifrån deras behov. Vårt case bygger på tre möten mellan bibliotekarie och forskare samt efterföljande individuella reflektionstexter. I denna presentation vill vi berätta om vinsterna med att betrakta samtalen mellan forskare och bibliotekarie genom perspektiven interprofessionellt lärande och arbetsintegrerat lärande. Vi belyser dessa vinster genom våra erfarenheter att ha kontinuerliga träffar på tu man hand med fokus på informationssökning och databaser.Mötet mellan bibliotekarie och forskare präglas av att var och en bär med sig sin specifika professionella praktik in i mötet. I mötet och i det samtal som då sker kan båda bli varandras lärare likväl som varandras studenter. Den dubbla situationen av att vara bärare av båda roller samtidigt behöver hanteras av de aktörer som interagerar med varandra i situationen. Hur det mötet går till, drivs och fylls med ett innehåll samskapas av de som ingår i mötet. I vårt fall belyser vi och problematiserar denna situation utifrån våra egna erfarenheter i vårt eget arbete på vår arbetsplats. Avslutningsvis rekommenderar vi att skapa fortsatta villkor för dessa typer av interprofessionella möten på arbetsplatsen för att stödja arbetsintegrerat lärande i verksamheten för verksamheten.
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- Spante, Maria, 1967-
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Talking heads on the internet : social interaction in a multi-user voice based 3d graphical environment
- 2011
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Ingår i: Proceedings of IRIS 2011.. - 9789521226489
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper reports on the finding from a qualitative study which investigated how long-termusers of Traveler, a voice-based 3D online graphical environment launched in 1996 and stillrunning, experience their social relations in relation to this specific cue-rich communicationtechnology. The paper describes the subjective perceptions of the technology-mediated socialexperience such as the experience of social atmosphere in the community, of onlinefriendship, of the meaning of the online social interaction in the users' offline lives. The paperalso discusses the importance of these subjective experiences for motivation to regularly useTraveler. Conclusions drawn from the study suggest that it is crucial for users to have theability to handle the technical functions of the program in order to function socially in theenvironment such as using the functions of the graphical program and using the voice channelin a social significant way. As a result, in order to have a positive and meaningful socialexperience in online it is critical for users to adapt to technical as well as to social factors.This process of adaptation is very important since the way functions are used was interpretedas social signals by users suggesting that social and technical aspects are intertwined in socialpractice. The paper describes this process of adaptation and the positive social effects of asuccessful adaptation.
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