This paper focuses on technologies that enable meaningful, constructionist interaction in collaborative music environments. In particular, it describes the design and implementation of Networked DrumSteps, an application that allows multiple users in different locations to collaborate in the process of music composition, but without the use of standard notation. Findings from the testing of Net...

Autonomous software agents provide a promising solution to the needs of decentralised networked systems, able to adapt their behaviour in a complex and dynamically changing environment. Current agent-oriented software engineering methodologies tend to focus on different levels to realise such a self-adapting behaviour, namely the agent individual level and the global system level. The first req...

Networked learning is much more ambitious than previous approaches of using technology in education. It is, therefore, more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the networked learning activities. Evaluation of learners’ interactions in networked learning environments is a resource and expertise demanding task. Educators participating in networked learning communities, have ...

The identification and characterization of core-values in collaborative networks is an important element for the identification of a potential for conflicts. This paper introduces an approach, based on causal models and graph theory, for the analysis of core-values alignment in networked organisations. The potential application of this approach is also discussed in the VO breeding environment c...

Infinite Infants is a three-year research project exploring the potential for sensory, networked and representational digital technologies in early years education. The research considers Mixed Reality (MR) as a potential agent in the context of collaborative and active learning spaces. This extended abstract presents the conceptual framework for research and design practice, formative developm...

Translating Euclid reports on an effort to transform geometry for students from a stylus-andclay-tablet corpus of historical theorems to a stimulating computer-supported collaborativelearning inquiry experience. The origin of geometry was a turning point in the pre-history of informatics, literacy and rational thought. Yet, this triumph of human intellect became ossified through historic layers...

This chapter discusses folksonomies as a novel way of indexing documents and locating information based on user generated keywords. Folksonomies are considered from the point of view of knowledge organization and representation in the context of user collaboration within the Web 2.0 environments. Folksonomies provide multiple benefits which make them a useful indexing method in various contexts...

The present paper describes the results of recent and ongoing major European projects about the virtual factory design topic, highlighting in particular new challenges related to the networked collaborative design of factories layout and configuration. A pilot factory for the production of customized shoes is referred to throughout the paper as application example of the proposed methods and to...

Collaborative signal processing and sensor deployment have been among the most important research tasks in target tracking using networked sensors. In this paper, the mathematical model is formulated for single target tracking using mobile nonlinear scalar range sensors. Then a sensor deployment strategy is proposed for the mobile sensors and a nonlinear convergent filter is built to estimate t...

Multi-agent systems represent a promising approach to both model and implement the complex supporting infrastructures required for virtual enterprises and related emerging organizations. The current status of application of this approach to industrial virtual enterprises, virtual communities, and remote supervision in the context of networked collaborative organizations is presented. Examples o...