How do participants collaborate during an online hackathon? An empirical, quantitative study of communication traces
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How do participants collaborate during an online hackathon? An empirical, quantitative study of communication traces. / Schulten, Cleo; Nolte, Alexander; Spikol, Daniel; Chounta, Irene Angelica.
I: Frontiers in Computer Science, Bind 4, 983164, 2022.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - How do participants collaborate during an online hackathon? An empirical, quantitative study of communication traces
AU - Schulten, Cleo
AU - Nolte, Alexander
AU - Spikol, Daniel
AU - Chounta, Irene Angelica
N1 - Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2022 Schulten, Nolte, Spikol and Chounta.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Starting as niche programming events, hackathons have since become a popular form of collaboration. Events are organized in various domains across the globe, aiming to foster innovation and learning, create and expand communities and tackle civic and environmental issues. While research around such events has grown in recent years, most studies are based on observations of a few individuals during an event and on post-hoc interviews during which participants report their experiences. Such studies are helpful but somewhat limited in that they do not allow us to study how individuals communicate at scale using technology. To address this gap, we conducted an archival analysis of communication traces of teams during a 48-h event. Our findings indicate that teams scaffold their communication around the design of an event, influenced by milestones set by the organizers. The officially selected communication platform's main use was to organize the event and the teams and to facilitate contact between participants and hackathon officials. We further investigated the balance of intra-team communication on the given platform and the potential use of additional communication tools.
AB - Starting as niche programming events, hackathons have since become a popular form of collaboration. Events are organized in various domains across the globe, aiming to foster innovation and learning, create and expand communities and tackle civic and environmental issues. While research around such events has grown in recent years, most studies are based on observations of a few individuals during an event and on post-hoc interviews during which participants report their experiences. Such studies are helpful but somewhat limited in that they do not allow us to study how individuals communicate at scale using technology. To address this gap, we conducted an archival analysis of communication traces of teams during a 48-h event. Our findings indicate that teams scaffold their communication around the design of an event, influenced by milestones set by the organizers. The officially selected communication platform's main use was to organize the event and the teams and to facilitate contact between participants and hackathon officials. We further investigated the balance of intra-team communication on the given platform and the potential use of additional communication tools.
KW - collaboration
KW - communication
KW - online hackathons
KW - Slack
KW - teamwork
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139173447&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fcomp.2022.983164
DO - 10.3389/fcomp.2022.983164
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85139173447
VL - 4
JO - Frontiers in Computer Science
JF - Frontiers in Computer Science
SN - 2624-9898
M1 - 983164
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