Navicons for collaboration: Navigating and augmenting discussions through visual annotations
ISSN
1550-6037
ISBN
978-1-4673-7568-9
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2015-07-23
Author(s)
Abstract
As discussions move online, we need means that compensate for what we take for granted in face-to-face meetings: voice modulation, mimics, or gestures. There are three functions of these ‘metadiscoursive' expressions: 1) to navigate conversations and to direct the attention of our interlocutors, deciding what to discuss, reviewing what has been said, or how things are framed 2) to signal attitudes such as agreement or disagreement, or the level of certainty or commitment and 3) to annotate (visual) content with comments. These functions are crucial for the quality of discussions and can benefit from information visualization. To do this, we propose a classification of navigational moves and attitudes and their visual representation in form of "Navicons" and "Atticons". These icons help to improve the quality of online or face to face discussions, to plan conversations in advance, or to analyze past discussions. An example and outlook conclude the paper.
Language
English
Keywords
collaboration
meetings
visualization
Navicons
Atticons
annotation
argument maps
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
IEEE Computer Society
Start page
386
End page
391
Event Title
19th International Conference on Information Visualization (IV)
Event Location
Barcelona, Spain
Event Date
22.-24.07.2015
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
244085