Andy Gorman's Web Site

Research

Major Areas of Interest

• Human-Computer Interactions
• Computer Supported Collaborative Work and Learning
• Assistive Technologies
• Cognitive Science

Papers

• Gorman, A., & Fischer, G. (2009) "Toward an Analytic Framework for Understanding and Fostering Peer-Support Communities in Using and Evolving Software Products." In Proceedings of the International Conference Communities and Technologies (C&T'2009) Penn State University, June pp 1-9. Available at: [l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gorman/pdf/2009-CandT-paper.pdf].

• Sullivan, J., & Gorman, A. (2006) "Extending the Caregiver Network - Remote Support Systems for People with Cognitive Disabilities Living in the Community," CHI 2006 Workshop on Designing Technology for People with Cognitive Disabilities, Montreal, Quebec. Available at: [l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gorman/pdf/CHI06.pdf].

• Carmien, S., Dawe, M., Fischer, G., Gorman, A., Kintsch, A., & Sullivan, J. F. (2005) "Socio-Technical Environments Supporting People with Cognitive Disabilities Using Public Transportation," Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction (ToCHI), June 2005, Vol 12, No 2, pp 233-262. Available at: [l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gorman/pdf/tochi-social-issues-final.pdf].

• Dawe, M., Fischer, G., Gorman, A., Kintsch, A., Konomi, S., Sullivan, J., Taylor, J., & Wellems, G. (2005) "Smart Care: the Importance and Challenges of Creating Life Histories for People with Cognitive Disabilities." In, Proceedings of the HCI International Conference (HCII), Las Vegas, July 2005, (published on CD). Available at: [l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~agorman/pdf/smartcare-hcii-2005.pdf].

• Fischer, G., Arias, E., Carmien, S., Eden, H., Gorman, A., Shinichi Konomi, & Sullivan, J. F. (2004) Supporting Collaboration and Distributed Cognition in Context-Aware Pervasive Computing Environments (Paper Presented at the 2004 Meeting of the Human Computer Interaction Consortium "Computing Off The Desktop"), Available at: [l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~agorman/pdf/hcic2004.pdf].

• Carmien, S., DePaula, R., Gorman, A., & Kintsch, A. (2004) "Increasing Workplace Independence for People with Cognitive Disabilities by Leveraging Distributed Cognition among Caregivers and Clients," Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 13(5 - 6), pp. 443-470. Available at [l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~agorman/pdf/jcscw-2004-final.pdf]..

• Carmien, S., & Gorman, A. (2003) "Creating Distributed Support Systems to Enhance the Quality of Life for People with Cognitive Disabilities," 2nd International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing for Pervasive Healthcare Applications (UbiHealth 2003), Seattle, WA, USA. Available at: [l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~agorman/pdf/ubihealth03.pdf].

• Carmien, S., DePaula, R., Gorman, A., & Kintsch, A. (2003) "Increasing Workplace Independence for People with Cognitive Disabilities by Leveraging Distributed Cognition among Caregivers and Clients," ACM 2003 International Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP '03), Sanibel Island, Florida, USA, pp. 95 - 104. Available at: [l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~agorman/pdf/group03.pdf].

• Arias, E., Eden, H., Fischer, G., Gorman, A. & Scharff, E. (2000): Transcending the Individual Human Mind--Creating Shared Understanding through Collaborative Design ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2000, pp. 84 - 113. Available at: [l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~agorman/pdf/p84-arias.pdf]

• Arias, E., Eden H., Fischer, G., Gorman, A., and Scharff, E., (1999). Beyond Access: Informed Participation and Empowerment. Proceedings of the conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL '99), pp. 20 - 32. Available at: [l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~agorman/pdf/cscl99.pdf]

• Gorman, A. (1999). Social Considerations in the Development, Deployment and Adoption of Web-Based Organizational Memories. Available at: [l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~agorman/pdf/social-considerations.pdf]

• Gorman, A. (1999). The "Mozart Effect": Hard Science or Hype. Available at: [l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~agorman/pdf/mozart-effect-survey.pdf].

• Gorman, A. (1998). Review of, Mithen, S. (1996). The Prehistory of the Mind : The Cognitive Origins of Art, Religion and Science, London: Thames and Hudson. Available at: [l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~agorman/pdf/mithen-review.pdf].

Projects Include

• CLever: Building Cognitive Levers to help people help themselves
  The mission of Coleman Project is to provide computationally enhanced environments to assist people with a wide range of cognitive disabilities and their support community.

• Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program
  The Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program gives students a chance to become part of a research community, with the belief that undergraduates are capable of extrodinary work, given the proper environment.

• Envisionment and Discovery Collaboratory
  The focus of this is to develop a framework for integrating physical games, computer simulations, and dynamic information spaces for the support of collaborative learning and design.

• Internet in Teaching and Learning
  Explores innovative ways to integrate the World Wide Web into the classroom. The goal of this integration is to transcend old schools of thought regarding education and to go beyond the "gift-wrapping" approach to technology.