DocumentCode :
2392970
Title :
Designing for community: the effects of gender representation in videos on a Web site
Author :
Herring, Susan ; Martinson, Anna ; Scheckler, Rebecca
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Libr. & Inf. Sci., Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN, USA
fYear :
2002
fDate :
7-10 Jan. 2002
Firstpage :
1100
Lastpage :
1110
Abstract :
This paper analyzes a professional development Web site for teachers that features ´virtual classroom visits´ - video clips of teachers teaching, together with asynchronous forums for discussing the videos. The site was designed with the explicit goal of fostering community among teachers and teachers to training, where community is defined in part as self-sustaining, ongoing interaction. We analyze the relationship between the design of the ´classroom visit´ interface and the textual conversations taking place there, pointing out ways in which unintentional bias in the representation of gender in the videos is reflected in asymmetries in participation by males and females, to the detriment of the community design goal. Based on this evidence, we argue that designers of CMC systems should take user gender into account in creating multimodal interfaces that represent humans directly.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; gender issues; information resources; teacher training; user interface management systems; CMC systems; Web site; asynchronous forums; design for community; gender representation; multimodal interfaces; professional development; teacher training; teachers; video clips; virtual classroom visits; Discussion forums; Education; Humans; Information analysis; Information science; Internet; Libraries; Qualifications; Videos; Web page design;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2002. HICSS. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1435-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2002.994066
Filename :
994066
Link To Document :
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