The workshop will be facilitated as a full-day event with around 20-30 participants.
Ahead of the workshop, the organizers will analyze attendee submissions to group them into 6 themes and assign each theme to a specific table in the room.
We will employ a method similar to the World Cafe method to prompt discussion and elicit ideas throughout the workshop. Remote participation will be facilitated through Zoom with appropriate accommodations to allow for meaningful engagement.
Introductions, Ice-Breaker, and Setting the Stage (09:00 - 10:00)
The day will start with a short introductory session where the organizers will introduce themselves and present the goals of the workshop as well as an overview of the schedule for the day.
Organizers will then deliver three short (5-minute) primer talks around the identified themes offering diverse lenses and perspectives regarding the collaborative use of GenAI. The purpose of this is to provide a shared foundation for the day's discussion and activities.
Activity #1: Surfacing Values and Design Principles (10:00-10:30)
After the introductions and setting the stage, participants will be encouraged to move to a table of their interest (with each table seating 5-6 people) where they will discuss the guiding principles or values that they believe should be embodied in collaborative GenAI systems. Participants will write down 2-3 general design principles and 2-3 principles within the context of the table's theme on note-cards at the table.
Break (10:30 - 11:00)
Activity #2: Co-design Session (11:00 - 12:10)
Each group (except one person who will stay back to provide context of the previous discussion) will be asked to move to the next table where they will co-design a system that respects the design principles and supports multiple users within the context of the table. Participants will use low-fidelity prototyping to think through the details of the interactions between humans and GenAI within their scenario. Participants can either choose to create a desktop walk-through (Lego and/or modelling clay and paper will be provided) or a story board to demonstrate their chosen scenario.
At the end of this activity, each group of participants will have 3 minutes to present their prototypes to the room.
Demo #1 (12:10 - 12:30)
Dittos: Mimetic, Reciprocal AI Agents for Representing You in Collaboration
Lunch (12:30-14:00)
Gallery: Demo #2 and Eliciting Research Considerations (14:00 - 15:00)
Demos
KIKO: A GenAI Platform for Adaptive, Collaborative Learning
VergingSpace: leveraging NLP to produce generative interface components for synchronous group work
Participants will explore the prototypes created before lunch alongside live demos.
Group members will nominate one person to stay with their prototype and explain its features to visiting participants from other groups. Other participants can circulate freely among the different tables and note down on cards the design considerations or research questions each individual feels is relevant or crucial to the scenario. This will include how the different roles and interaction models that could affect group dynamics, success evaluation metrics, mechanisms to foster appropriate reliance, or new creative practices.
Break (15:00-15:30)
Activity #3: Exploring Research Directions (15:30-16:45)
Following the gallery session, participants will reconvene at their original (starting) tables to engage in an in-depth discussion around the ideas and considerations captured at that table throughout the day. Participants will collectively decide on 1-2 topics that they feel are particularly meaningful, provocative, or important to explore further. Groups will then engage in a deep conversation around their chosen topic, guided by a few organizer-provided prompts. Each table will document key insights, questions, and divergent perspectives.
In the final 30 minutes of this session, one participant from each table will briefly share their reflections and discussion highlights with the full room.
Wrap-up and Closing Remarks (16:45 - 17:15)
At the close of the workshop, participants will be asked to revisit their position statements from the start of the day. They will have 5 minutes to reflect on their original position statement and write a new one down.
The facilitator will then lead a final discussion to summarize what was achieved during the day and talk about the potential barriers in moving the research within this field forward. The facilitator will also ask the room what they would like the purpose of a potential community to be going forward, and if there was a preference for the tool we'd use to have a community platform so people can stay in touch with each other (Slack, Discourse, Facebook etc.). We will also collect names of those who wish to write an article outlining our insights and the research agenda developed over the course of the workshop.
Dinner (Post Workshop, Self organized and optional)