On Middle-Ground Solutions for Domain-Specific Problems: The Case of a Data Transfer System for Sign Language Teachers
| dc.contributor.author | Economidou, Eleni | |
| dc.contributor.author | Krischkowsky, Alina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leitner, Bianca | |
| dc.contributor.author | Murer, Martin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tscheligi, Manfred | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-23T20:35:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-23T20:35:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Oftentimes domain-specific problems are imperceptible. The end users are so accustomed to the conditions that they do not request any other solution. In the context of a school for both hearing-impaired and hearing children, the particular way of teaching sign language led to the emergence of technology-mediated yet ill-supported work practices. This paper contributes to the CSCW community by introducing an approach for addressing domain-specific problems by applying a middle-ground yet optimal solution. As a direct outcome of this approach, we present the case of a data transfer system that supports sign language teachers’ work practices. This system, which is indefinitely deployed in the school, is a tangible representation of current infrastructural and contextual issues the teachers are facing, and serves both as a reflection on the work practices and an articulation means of the limitations that constraint them. We reflect on our approach, we discuss on the resulted case in terms of an indefinitely deployed research product, and we speculate on the system’s alternative application domains. | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.18420/ecscw2019_ep15 | |
| dc.identifier.pissn | 2510-2591 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of 17th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Reports of the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies: vol. 3, no. 1 | |
| dc.subject | domain specific problems | |
| dc.subject | middle-ground solution | |
| dc.subject | integrated school | |
| dc.subject | work practices | |
| dc.subject | sign language teachers | |
| dc.subject | data transfer system | |
| dc.title | On Middle-Ground Solutions for Domain-Specific Problems: The Case of a Data Transfer System for Sign Language Teachers | en |
| dc.type | Text/Conference Paper | |
| gi.conference.date | 8 - 12 June 2019 | |
| gi.conference.location | Salzburg, Austria | |
| mci.conference.review | full |
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