角康之,間瀬健二,小川竜太,堀浩一,大須賀節雄
Facilitation of Collaborative Concept Formation by Visualizing Thought Space Structure
Abstract:This paper describes a method which helps people working cooperatively form new concepts in areas such as science and engineering, by conveying individual thoughts to others. The proposed method supports personal or group concept formation by visualizing relationships between concepts and their micro-concepts given by users in a metric space. Spaces which CSS, a tool implemented by this method, displays can effectively help users form new concepts in collaborative concept formation as well as individual reflection. Showing individual spaces presented by CSS to each other and merging them are useful in manifesting personal backgrounds and viewpoints.
KEYWORDS: creativity, concept formation, CSCW, human communication, visualization,
thought space.