Collective problem solving: Features and affordances of creative online communities

Jeffrey V. Nickerson, Thomas W. Malone, Gary M. Olson, Kevin Crowston

Research output: Chapter in Book/Entry/PoemConference contribution

Abstract

Panelists will discuss how collective intelligence can be applied to large-scale problems through collaborative online systems. The features and affordances of several such systems will be described, inviting discussion about how such systems can be better designed by the CSCW community.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCSCW 2015 Companion - Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference Companion on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages135-138
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781450329224
ISBN (Print)9781450329460
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 28 2015
Event18th ACM Conference Companion on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2015 Companion - Vancouver, Canada
Duration: Mar 14 2015Mar 18 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
Volume2015-January

Conference

Conference18th ACM Conference Companion on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2015 Companion
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver
Period3/14/153/18/15

Keywords

  • Collective intelligence
  • Innovation contests
  • Remix communities, citizen science

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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