Dr Terence Blackburn

I am currently a lecturer in Information Systems courses as well as the course coordinator for Business Information Systems.

My research forms part of the Creative Teams project in the InSyl lab at the City West campus. One of the aims of the project is to provide non prescriptive technological support for small groups with ill structured problems. My interest is in creating and articulating a comprehensive theoretical understanding of human behaviour (at the level of actions) in small group settings.

The InSyl laboratory

• My area of interst in teaching is in Information systems but I would like to see a Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) program started within the school.
• I am teaching Business Information Systems (INFS 1011) in SP2 and SP5 for 2007 and my consulting hours are Wednesday and Thursday mornings between 9 and 11:00.

BIT BCIS(Honours)

Bachelor of Info Tech

Bachelor of Comp & Info Science (Honours 1st class)

• Computer supported cooperative work, behavioural aspects of small group interaction, REAL human interaction with computers (but NOT traditional Human-Computer Interaction) and extending the bounds of artificial intelligence.

Blackburn, T. & Swatman, P. (2007) Towards a Framework for Supporting Professional Teamwork: Modelling Human Actions in Small Group Meetings. In Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Toowoomba, Qld.

Blackburn, T., Swatman, P. and Vernik, R. (2007) Cognitive Dust: A Framework that Builds from CSCW Concepts to Provide Situated Support for Small Group Work LNCS 4402

Blackburn, T., Swatman, P. and Vernik, R. (2006) Cognitive Dust: Linking CSCW Theories to Creative Design Processes. CSCWD Nanjing, PRC.

Blackburn, T., Nguyen, V., Swatman, P. and Vernik, R. (2006) Supporting Creative Processes in "Any Time and Place" and Initial Empirical Work. CIDMDS London, England

Raisey, D., Tan, K., Blackburn, T., Swatman, P. and Nguyen, V. (2006) An Empirical Study of the Evolving Dynamics of Creative Teams in Action. CIDMDS London, England

Swatman, P., Blackburn, T., Nguyen, V., Raisey, R. and Vernik, R. (2005) Supporting Creative Teams through ICT. AWRE Melbourne, Aus

Blackburn, T., Vernik, R. and Bright, D. (2004) Identifying Cognitive Activities and Processes in a Military Planning Training Exercise. OZCHI Woollongong, Aus

Blackburn, T., Bright, D. and Vernik, R. (2004) Evaluating Procedural Aspects of Intense Collaboration. NordiCHI Tampere, Finland

Vernik, R., Blackburn, T. and Bright, D. (2003) Extending Interactive Intelligent Workspace Architectures with Enterprise Services. Evolve Sydney, Aus.

Blackburn, T., Vernik, R. and Bright, D. (2002) Enterprise-Enabled Ubiquitous Workspaces. Asia Pacific Forum on Pervasive Computing Adelaide, Aus.