Understanding sociotechnical action: an introduction to the special issue.
Journal Article
Horton, K., Davenport, E., & Wood-Harper, T. (2004)
Understanding sociotechnical action: an introduction to the special issue. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 1, 1-6
No abstract available. Item is Editorial preface to special issue.
Exploring sociotechnical interaction with Rob Kling: five “big” ideas
Journal Article
Wood‐Harper, T., Horton, K., Davenport, E., & Wood-Harper, T. (2005)
Exploring sociotechnical interaction with Rob Kling: five “big” ideas. Information Technology and People, 18(1), 50-67. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840510584621
Purpose – To provide a view of Rob Kling’s contribution to socio-technical studies of work.
Design/methodology/approach – The five “big ideas” discussed are signature themes i...
Internet simulations for teaching, learning and research: an investigation of e-commerce interactions and practice in the Virtual Economy.
Journal Article
Horton, K., Davenport, E., Hall, H., & Rosenbaum, H. (2002)
Internet simulations for teaching, learning and research: an investigation of e-commerce interactions and practice in the Virtual Economy. Education for Information, 20(3/4), 237-252
In this paper we report upon the Virtual Economy (VE), an Internet simulation which operated for the first time in Spring 2000 involving students at Indiana University, USA an...
Narratives of new media in Scottish households: the evolution of a framework of enquiry.
Journal Article
Davenport, E., Higgins, M., & Somerville, I. (2000)
Narratives of new media in Scottish households: the evolution of a framework of enquiry. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 51, 900-912. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4571%282000%2951%3A103.0.CO%3B2-U
The authors describe a study of the social dynamics of new media in Scottish households. The evolving project drew on dialogues with multiple household members elicited in gro...
Knowledge management; semantic drift or conceptual shift?
Journal Article
Davenport, E., & Cronin, B. (2000)
Knowledge management; semantic drift or conceptual shift?. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 41(4), 294-306. https://doi.org/10.2307/40324047+
This paper offers an exploration of knowledge management (KM), a concept only partially understood in domains that use the term. Three such domains are described: library and ...
Social intelligence in the age of networks
Journal Article
Davenport, E. (2000)
Social intelligence in the age of networks. Journal of Information Science, 26(3), (145-152). doi:10.1177/016555150002600304. ISSN 0165-5515
The author explores the concept of ‘social intelligence’. She
suggests that, in the world of digital commerce, it may be
defined as ‘insight which is based on collective under...
Designing a probe to explore home information systems in the United Kingdom
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Davenport, E., Higgins, M., & Gillham, M. (1996)
Designing a probe to explore home information systems in the United Kingdom. Online Information Review, 20(2), 75-80. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb024565
The authors are engaged in a three-year study of home information systems in the United Kingdom. The project addresses cable and satellite, multimedia CDs and paper-based syst...
Support issues for case-based learning in an undergraduate human factors class.
Journal Article
Buckner, K. & Davenport, E. (1995)
Support issues for case-based learning in an undergraduate human factors class. Education for Information. 14, 331-342. ISSN 0167-8329
Discussion of multimedia networked learning products focuses on the development of materials for a class at Queen Margaret College (Scotland). Examines cognitive issues, logis...