Glossary Board

Abstract

This project has three goals: (a) to encourage interaction about the words and definitions we take for granted; (b) to remove the distinctions between "authors" and "audience", thus providing a more egalitarian - but nonetheless public - discussion environment; and (c) to collect informal data on the growth of community knowledge. Using bulletin boards, conference participants will be able to post definitional questions ("what do you think is the meaning of mlj, and other participants will be able to provide their own answers. There will also be opportunities to post comments or annotations on answers. The state of the asynchronous discussion will be captured periodically via still camera or video recorder.