Technical Approach
Coordinating representation is an external representation. It is structured and shared amongst a group of cooperating actor. Its designated purpose is to simplify the interactions among participants at the critical junctures of a joint cooperative activity.
Use coordinating representation as a signaling system to improve coordination and communication during the performance of computer-mediated tasks.
Develop a methodology and an analystís tool for building a set of effective coordinating representations for a given computer-mediated cooperative task.