During the past dozen years, researchers at the University of Arizona have built six generations of group support systems software, conducted over 150 research studies and facilitated over 4,000 projects. This article reports on the lessons learned through that experience. It begins by presenting a theoretical foundation for the Groupware grid, a tool for designing [...]
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A sample of the academic research supporting Group Intelligence
Since Dr. Jay Nunamaker of the University of Arizona first began research into the field known as Group Decision Support Systems in the mid-198os, there have been hundreds of academic studies conducted. The results of those studies led Dr. Nunamaker to form Ventana (now GroupSystems) in 1989. [...]
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GroupSystems customer and Mohawk College Professor Rocco Di Giovanni translated his passion for groupware into his Phd. thesis.
For his research, Dr. Di Giovanni used the “action research” process of progessive problem solving to follow three college instructors as they were introduced to group decision support software (GDSS) and incorporated it into their teaching methods.
His study [...]
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Here is an interesting case study submitted by USC Hasan Kitapci and his professor, Barry Boehm. Professor Boehm is highly regarded for his work in the Systems Analysis field.
A major challenge for system and software development is to understand the group decision-making and negotiation process, and find efficient ways of supporting groups of stakeholders in solving the problem [...]
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Here is research that leveraged GroupSystem from Linda M. Manning, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Education at the University of Missouri-Rolla. The article was published in The Journal of Economic Education (2000), 31(3)Summer.
Pedagogical research and practice show collaborative instructional methods can be effective ways to promote student learning and [...]
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