Cooperatively controlled objects in support of collaboration
Lauren J. Bricker, Steven L. Tanimoto, Edward Lasowska · 1998
Developing applications to support collaboration by two or more users involves special challenges. An application designer should anticipate the interaction between the user and the computer, as well as the interactions between the users. Secondly, there is a lack of system support for development of software that accepts simultaneous input from multiple users. The Colt system is designed to address both of these issues. The design of the Colt system is motivated by a model of computer-supported collaboration that measures communication and cooperation between the users during an activity. We present a definition and several examples of "Cooperatively Controlled Objects" that have been designed to support cooperative interactions. A user study is presented that illustrates the use of ...