Technology-aided meaning-making across participation structures: interruptions, interthinking and synthesising

Technology Affordances for Intersubjective Meaning-Making

The broad field of “computers in education” includes a diversity of approaches to using computers for learning. Each approach is based on an epistemology: a theory of how knowledge is gained. In this presentation, I will characterize the uses of technology and their corresponding epistemologies. I will single out intersubjective epistemologies as timely for research and practice, and call for d...

Mobility in Learning: Meaning Making across Classroom and Museum Settings

In this paper I present the design rationale for a work-in-progress mobile learning project titled Gidder: Groups in Digital Dialogue. The design challenge is to support upper secondary school students as they collaboratively interpret artworks across classroom and museum settings using a combination of wiki and mobile phone technologies.

Technology Mediated Interruptions: The Effects of Task and Interruption Characteristics on Decision-Making

Interruptions are uncontrollable attention breakers that create stress in the work environment. Past literature has shown that interruptions impair performance. This study examines two common interruption characteristics; frequency and complexity, and investigates their effect on decision-making performance by employing cognitive fit theory (Vessey, 1991), distraction conflict theory (Baron, 19...

Boundaryless Technology: Understanding the Effects of Technology-Mediated Interruptions across the Boundaries between Work and Personal Life

Joe Valacich was the accepting Senior Editor. Chen, A. and Karahanna, E. (2014) “Boundaryless Technology: Understanding the Effects of Technology-Mediated Interruptions across the Boundaries between Work and Personal Life,” AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, (6) 2, pp. 16-36. Adela Chen College of Business Colorado State University [email protected] Elena Karahanna ...

Thinking, Interthinking, and Technological Tools