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Mapping on Surfaces: Supporting Collaborative Work Using Interactive Tabletop

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Collaboration and Technology (CRIWG 2014)

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We investigate the usability of our mindmap application using a tabletop integrated with four Android tablets in the context of support for collaborative work. This paper presents two empirical studies that compares the conventional paper-and-pen approach with an interactive touchscreen tabletop system. Our results clearly indicate that the combination of a tabletop and personal devices support and encourage multiple people to work collaboratively. Furthermore, the results confirm earlier results about the usability advantages of the interactive tabletop application. The comparison of the associated emotional attitudes indicates that the interactive tabletop facilitates the active involvement of participants in the group decision making significantly more than the use of the paper-and-pen approach.

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  1. School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

    Kanida Sinmai & Peter Andras

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Universidad de Chile, Blanco Encalada, 2120, Santiago, Chile

    Nelson Baloian

  2. Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Caulfield Campus, 3145, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Frada Burstein

  3. Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744, Motooa, 819-0395, Nhishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

    Hiroaki Ogata

  4. Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Departamento de Informática Aplicada, Universidade Federal do Estado, Avenida Pasteur, 758, Urca, 22245-040, Rio lde Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

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Sinmai, K., Andras, P. (2014). Mapping on Surfaces: Supporting Collaborative Work Using Interactive Tabletop. In: Baloian, N., Burstein, F., Ogata, H., Santoro, F., Zurita, G. (eds) Collaboration and Technology. CRIWG 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8658. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10166-8_29

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