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CSCW: Table analysisThe « learning center » table

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Task

Situation: Crash landed on the Moon reach the mothership.

• Task 1: Individually, prioritize items for trip

• Task 2: Discuss items’ priority

• Task 3: Find the path to the mothership

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Critical events and synthetic usage maps

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Initial situation

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Improvement of notebook position

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Discussion of task 3

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Pros• Candidates very satisfied

– Table very intuitive to use– Excellent compromise of personal/shared space

• Each person has plenty of room– Can easily move within territory– Enough room to write comfortably

• Laptop positions intuitive, comfortable (elbows), plenty of space

• Central whiteboard useful

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Cons

• Possible conflict of space for adjacent left/right handed candidates

• White board in the way when writing on paper Should be integrated into table

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Future extensions

• All whiteboards are interconnected touch screens– Personal board

– Central board

• Foldable ends of table => can join two or more tables

• Ends of table have adjustable wall to post up messages, charts, etc.

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