Sensemaking in a multimodal collaborative environment
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Authors
Briggs, Shannon
Issue Date
2020-05
Type
Electronic thesis
Thesis
Thesis
Language
ENG
Keywords
Communication and rhetoric
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Abstract
I use the brainstorming tool as the blueprint to explain users' cognitive schema, and then using scenario scripts, I propose ways to integrate the intended users’ cognitive processes into the development of our software through the lens of scenario-based design. My application of structured analytic techniques (which can be seen in Figure 1.1) is a new design approach to creating digital tools and software for intelligence analysis. I explain how these techniques are already utilized by intelligence analysts (Beebe & Pherson, 2014) and how these can be integrated into a cognitive and immersive environment to support multiple users and multimodal interactions in a way that is useful for intelligence analysis. Leveraging the capabilities of the cognitive and immersive room, I propose that our software enables a more collaborative and efficient sensemaking process. The specific research questions formulated for this stage of my research is: 1) How can I translate the analog environment of the intelligence analysts to a digital environment?, and 2) How can I incorporate existing tools, such as the sticky-notes tool, to help bolster sensemaking according to Pirolli and Card (2005).
Description
May 2020
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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Publisher
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY