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The Role of Sketches in Supporting Near-Synchronous Remote Communication in Computer Supported Collaborative Design

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This paper presents recent research into the functions and value of sketch outputs during computer supported collaborative design. Sketches made primarily exploiting whiteboard technology are shown to support subjects engaged in remote collaborative design, particularly when constructed in ‘nearsynchronous’ communication. The authors define near-synchronous communication and speculate that it is compatible with the reflective and iterative nature of design activity. There appears to be significant similarities between the making of sketches in near-synchronous remote collaborative design and those made on paper in more traditional face-to-face settings With the current increase in the use of computer supported collaborative working (CSCW) in undergraduate and postgraduate design education it is proposed that sketches and sketching can make important contributions to design learning in this context.

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  1. Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK

    Phebe Mann

  2. Department of Design and Innovation, Faculty of Technology, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK

    Steve Garner

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  1. Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute, National Research Council of Canada, 800 Collip Circle, N6G 4X8, London, ON, Canada

    Wei-ming Shen

  2. DSM Research Group, Department of Computer and Network Systems Coventry University, Coventry, UK

    Kuo-Ming Chao

  3. Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100080, Beijing, China

    Zongkai Lin

  4. Centre de Recherches de Royallieu, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, 60205, Compiègne, France

    Jean-Paul A. Barthès

  5. Faculty of Engineering & Computing, Coventry University, Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

    Anne James

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Mann, P., Garner, S. (2006). The Role of Sketches in Supporting Near-Synchronous Remote Communication in Computer Supported Collaborative Design. In: Shen, Wm., Chao, KM., Lin, Z., Barthès, JP.A., James, A. (eds) Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design II. CSCWD 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3865. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11686699_8

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