ABSTRACT
We would like to begin by thanking the three reviewers for their insightful critiques, which helped to open up new aspects of our research to consideration and discussion. The research project described in the paper was carried out by a diverse team of researchers working in the fields of educational technology, cognitive science, ethnomethodology, human-computer interaction, and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW). The mem-bers of the team shared common interests in learning and human interaction and in the design of technology supporting those activities. However, it was not our intention to create a unified discipline that would transcend the differences in our respective fields and backgrounds. Rather, we sought to make the most of that diversity. By allowing each of the members to base their contributions on their own individual field, such as system development, experiment design, and interaction analysis, we were able to work together despite our disciplinary differences. But we are convinced that it was that multidisciplinary approach that made our work both more fruitful and more exciting. Moreover, it was through that approach that we were able to illustrate concretely the relevance of the ethnomethodological point of view in the field of information technology.
