Cel The proposed research aims to advance our understanding of virtual teamwork in 3D collaborative virtual environments (CVE) that have gained increasing importance in global organizations and higher education institutions, and are subject to an emerging interdisciplinary field of research. CVE have been developed to facilitate cross-border collaboration and to overcome the issues associated with traditional collaboration tools. Team members are embodied as avatars, communicate via chat and audio channels, and can jointly look at and manipulate objects in a shared virtual space. However, it is still unclear whether the findings obtained in traditional small group research and earlier virtual team studies can be applied to embodied collaboration in CVE. Our goal is to investigate group interaction processes and outcomes in physical and virtual environments in order to examine how different media affect group behavior and under what conditions which medium is most effective. We use a mixed-method approach combining behavioral observation and self-report data, and develop an innovative methodology that makes it possible to automatically and unobtrusively collect data on group behavior in CVE interactions. The proposed research integrates findings from a large-scale international field study and experimental laboratory studies. While the field study focuses on cross-cultural aspects of collaboration in CVE, observation of long-term group interactions and project work, the experimental studies are designed as a media comparison using different task types and short-term observation of ad-hoc groups. Several interrelated research objectives are formulated for a systematical investigation of behavioral patterns and psychological effects that emerge from group interactions in virtual and physical environments. The fellowship would be undertaken at the IDC Herzliya in Israel as it provides the ideal environment for the applicant to meet her research and training objectives. Dziedzina nauki natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationsvirtual reality Program(-y) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Temat(-y) FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF - Marie Curie Action: "Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development" Zaproszenie do składania wniosków FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF) Koordynator REICHMAN UNIVERSITY Wkład UE € 174 653,00 Adres 8 HAUNIVERSITA ST 4610101 Herzliya Izrael Zobacz na mapie Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kontakt administracyjny Eric Zimmerman (Dr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych
