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Towards an Affordance-Based Theory of Collaborative Action (CoAct)

Towards an Affordance-Based Theory of Collaborative Action (CoAct)

John T. Nosek
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 7 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 24
ISSN: 1548-3673|EISSN: 1548-3681|EISBN13: 9781613506769|DOI: 10.4018/jec.2011100103
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Nosek, John T. "Towards an Affordance-Based Theory of Collaborative Action (CoAct)." IJEC vol.7, no.4 2011: pp.37-60. http://doi.org/10.4018/jec.2011100103

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Nosek, J. T. (2011). Towards an Affordance-Based Theory of Collaborative Action (CoAct). International Journal of e-Collaboration (IJeC), 7(4), 37-60. http://doi.org/10.4018/jec.2011100103

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Nosek, John T. "Towards an Affordance-Based Theory of Collaborative Action (CoAct)," International Journal of e-Collaboration (IJeC) 7, no.4: 37-60. http://doi.org/10.4018/jec.2011100103

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Abstract

Collaborative Action provides a novel approach to modeling interaction among users and machines and IT-mediated collaboration among people to solve problems. CoAct extends the notions of affordance and moves away from idiosyncratic, subjective mental models of the world to the notion that actors with similar capacities to act can potentially discern similar action possibilities in the world. It changes the direction from discovery and alignment of internal representations to mutual attunement of collaborators to build sufficient capabilities, share informational structures, and calibrate selectivity to achieve shared affordances. CoAct has the potential to influence such diverse areas as usability engineering, information overload, and group decision making. CoAct can be used at multiple levels of granularity, from fine granularity of a single interaction to tracking intermediate progress and results of a set of interactions. Propositions based on CoAct are presented. An initial experiment provides some support for an affordance-based approach to information sharing/design.

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