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Sustaining cognitive diversity in collaborative learning through shared spatially separated virtual workspaces on mobile devices
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Reilly, M and Shen, H and Calder, P and Duh, H, Sustaining cognitive diversity in collaborative learning through shared spatially separated virtual workspaces on mobile devices, Computer-Human Interaction. Cognitive Effects of Spatial Interaction, Learning, and Ability, Springer, T Wyerd, P Calder, H Shen (ed), Switzerland, pp. 171-193. ISBN 9783319169392 (2015) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2015 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
DOI: doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16940-8_9
Abstract
Student disengagement in lectures is a global issue in higher education.
Our approach is to apply a student-centred collaborative learning pedagogy
into the lecture environment through a mobile real-time collaborative
note-taking application, which allows a small self-selecting group of students to
proactively keep each other engaged without disrupting others in the lecture
venue or requiring changes to the existing pedagogy. We first present the
application interface, which enables students to follow principles identified as
good practice in undergraduate education while still allowing for the individual
to contribute and interact with regard to their own ability and preferred learning
style. The interface provides an individual virtual workspace to each group
member, which is shared with and may be viewed and edited by other members
in the session using their own mobile devices. A pivotal design goal is to
accommodate students’ diverse cognitive abilities by spatially separating their
workspaces and allowing each individual to choose the most suitable way to
interact with their peers’ workspaces. We then discuss the results of experiments
that compared between individual and collaborative note-taking and between
using shared common workspaces and spatially separated individual virtual
workspaces. The results show that students are more engaged in the lecture with
collaborative than individual note-taking and more satisfied with sharing spatially
separated workspaces than a common workspace.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | engagement, computer supported collaborative learning, mobile learning, multi-user interface, workspace |
| Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
| Research Group: | Information Systems |
| Research Field: | Computer-Human Interaction |
| Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
| Objective Group: | Computer Software and Services |
| Objective Field: | Application Tools and System Utilities |
| UTAS Author: | Duh, H (Professor Henry Duh) |
| ID Code: | 107152 |
| Year Published: | 2015 |
| Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
| Deposited On: | 2016-03-07 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-10-16 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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