現今許多科學界的複雜議題都涉及於不同領域，這些艱深的議題需要不同領域的研究者藉由跨領域合作的方式整合彼此專業的知識，利用各個專業領域獨特的思考方法、執行方式以達成共同的研究目標。因此跨領域研究合作的重要性已越來越受到學術界的重視，由目前大學許多新增的跨領域課程即可得以證明。但由於領域背景的差異性在知識表達、分享、交換及整合時往往造成跨領域合作的障礙。
因此，本研究以CELL(Contributing, Exchanging and Linking for Learning)群組軟體支援跨領域合作設計活動，基於Design-Based Research設計、執行、分析、再設計的連續性循環方式共進行兩次活動，首先進行一次無群組軟體支援的活動，活動後進行對話分析及溝通模式分析，觀察跨領域合作中存在不同領域間在知識表達、交換及整合時所產生的協調性、視覺聚焦、社會關係、平等參與及資源管理的問題。而後設計CELL群組軟體的導入以解決這些問題並且提出建議作為群組軟體支援跨領域合作之參考。

Nowadays complex scientific issues are involved in different fields. In order to reach the common research objectives, researchers in different fields need to integrate each other''s professional knowledge for these difficult issues by interdisciplinary collaboration which included using each expertise’s unique thinking and implementation. The importance of interdisciplinary collaborative research has been more and more attention by academia, since the more new interdisciplinary courses are available in university. However, due to differences in background field, there are still some barriers when knowledge expressing, sharing and exchanging in interdisciplinary collaboration.
Therefore, this study use CELL(Contributing, Exchanging and Linking for Learning) groupware to support interdisciplinary collaborative design activities, based on Design-Based Research method to proceed two activities: first, after activity without the groupware, conduct analysis of dialogue and communication pattern. To observe coordination, visual focus, social relationship, equal participation and resource management problems arising from knowledge expressing, exchanging and integrating between different fields in interdisciplinary collaborative. Then, CELL groupware designed into this study to address these issues and finally make recommendations as groupware to support interdisciplinary collaboration reference.

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