SGER: A New Generation Wiki for Supporting a Research Community in Creativity and IT

拟议的研究将创造一个超越现有维基（主要关注超文本）的环境，允许其他形式的媒体的整合（而不仅仅是附加），从电影和动画，到数据集的共享，到创建和利用社会网络信息来支持社区互动，到概念思维导图媒体。拟议的研究将检查当前的类似维基的环境在支持有创造力的人可能表现和贡献知识体系的不同方式方面是如何受到限制的，并研究哪些其他类型的对象、上下文和界面（除了超链接文本）是可取的、可用的和有用的；-具体分析和创建以下实体：思维导图、视频、轶事/故事，以及如何设计这些实体，使它们能够迅速地被参与者开发和扩展；-探索与这种环境互动的不同（可能相互交织）“模式”（包括：面对面活动，同步和异步活动）利用新的范例（例如新兴的Web 2.0框架）来开发开放和可扩展的系统，允许在社区记忆中包含新形式的信息和表示。提议的研究特别符合以下SGER标准：-关于可用性或获得独特机会的紧迫性-研究CreativeIT研究社区的创建和支持的机会，如已经为2006年11月1-3日举行的研讨会种子初始Swiki所做的努力所代表。有机会研究这个社区建设的努力，并用一个新的wiki类来支持它，这是一个独特的机会。-冒险进入新兴的和变革性的研究思想-在NSF内建立一个项目的新兴努力将与创造性的努力联系起来，将催化项目目标的自我应用到项目的发展。新专业知识或新方法在既定研究课题上的应用——一项具有挑战性的任务的协同作用、新兴研究社区的参与以及提出建议的研究人员的专业知识和经验将为社区发展的新一代基于网络的工具的创造和发展提供独特的视角。知识价值。拟议的活动将允许在该领域使用新技术的基础理论和有效架构的发展。广泛的影响。发展的社会技术环境将通过支持创意社区产生广泛影响，这是美国劳动力竞争能力的关键资源。在CISE内围绕CreativeIT Initiative创建社区的努力提供了一个机会，可以研究社区建设创造力支持工具的使用，因为支持开发和分享创意是至关重要的。

The proposed research will create environments that go beyond existing Wikis (being primarily focused on hypertext) to permit the integration (not just attachment) of other forms of media ranging from movies and animations, to sharing of datasets, to the creation and utilization of social network information to support community interaction, to conceptual mind-mapping media.The proposed research will- examine how current wiki-like environments are limited in supporting the different ways in which creative people might represent and contribute to a body of knowledge and study what other types of objects, context and interfaces (beyond hyperlinked text) would be desirable, usable, and useful;- analyze and create specifically the following entities: mind maps, videos, anecdotes/stories and how these could be designed to allow them to be readily and rapidly developed and extended by participants;- explore different (potentially intertwined) "modes" interacting with such an environment (including: face-to-face activities, synchronous, and asynchronous activities); and- utilize new paradigms (such as the emerging Web 2.0 framework) for developing systems that are open and extensible, permitting the inclusion of new forms of information and representation within the community memory.The proposed research meets specifically the following SGER criteria:- having urgency with regard to availability of, or access to unique opportunities - the opportunity to study the creation and support of the CreativeIT research community, as represented by efforts already undertaken to seed an initial Swiki for the workshop held November 1-3, 2006. The opportunity to study this community building effort and supporting it with a new class of wiki represents a unique opportunity.- ventures into emerging and transformative research ideas - the emerging efforts to establish a program within NSF linking IT with creative endeavors will catalyze the self application of the programs goals to the development of the program.- application of new expertise or new approaches to established research topics - the synergy of a challenging task, the involvement of the emerging research community, and the expertise and experience of the proposing researchers will offer unique perspectives on the creation and evolution of a new generation of web-based tools for community development.Intellectual Merit. The proposed activity will permit the development of grounded theories and effective architectures for the use of new technologies in this field.Broad Impact. The socio-technical environment developed will have the potential for broad impact by supporting creative communities, which are a critical resource for the competitive ability of the US workforce. The effort to create a community around the CreativeIT Initiative within CISE provides an opportunity to study the use of community-building creativity-support tools for a community where support for development and sharing of creative ideas is critical.