Computer-supported cooperative work

The study of how groups of people use technology to collaborate, coordinating their actions when working towards shared goals. It examines the interplay between social behaviours, collaborative processes, and technical systems designed to support cooperative work.

Focus on the design, development, and evaluation of collaborative software tools and “groupware” facilitating different kinds of cooperative work.

• [&] Often draws on theories of distributed cognition

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