Collaborative Learning Orchestration Using Smart Displays and Personal Devices
Pervasive classroom environments with interconnected smart devices permit enacting diverse pedagogical models in education. This paper proposes an extensible architecture integrating smart display, smart phones and wearable devices to support flexible orc
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ICT Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain {kalpani.manathunga,davinia.hernandez}@upf.edu 2 Departamento de Telemática, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Colombia {jcaicedo,jjibarra,fomarti,gramirez}@unicauca.edu.co
Abstract. Pervasive classroom environments with interconnected smart devices permit enacting diverse pedagogical models in education. This paper proposes an extensible architecture integrating smart display, smart phones and wearable devices to support flexible orchestration of dynamic collaborative learning activ‐ ities in face-to-face educational scenarios. The paper motivates an architectural design and describes its main components based on existing systems like Signal Orchestration System (SOS) and a multi-screen cooperation middleware. An applicable scenario illustrates the usage of proposed architecture in which wear‐ able devices are used to indicate orchestration mechanisms (group formation, change of activity), a shared display visualizes tasks with summary of the orches‐ tration and activity progress for collective awareness and smart phones are used to interact with the shared display and complete the activities. Keywords: CSCL · Classroom orchestration · Devices for seamless learning
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Introduction
Learning in groups or collaborative learning (CL) leads to effective learning when mediated by productive social interactions as many studies had shown [1–3]. In recent past research on integrating collaborative activities within physical class‐ rooms and blended learning scenarios had drawn attention in the domain of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) [1]. Collaborative Learning Flow Patterns (CLFP) like Jigsaw or Pyramid are known as best practices [2] that specify how to structure (orchestrate) the CL activities on aspects like group forma‐ tion based on policies, role allocation and resource distribution. When enacting CL activities, a traditional classroom could be converted into a smart space by seam‐ lessly integrating interactive displays and devices [3]. Live didactic mechanisms and dynamic orchestration approaches catch student’s attention and interest [2, 4, 5] if addressed with sufficient flexibility [6]. Existing classrooms are already equipped with shared display units like projectors and smart boards. Yet, converting these displays to be smart awareness boards that can be used to orchestrate activities in cooperation with smart phones and wearable devices has been addressed less [1, 3]. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 G. Conole et al. (Eds.): EC-TEL 2015, LNCS 9307, pp. 596–600, 2015. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-24258-3_67
Collaborative Learning Orchestration
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This paper proposes an architectural solution to enact CL activities forming a smart classroom with prevailing artifacts and previously proposed technologies.
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Opportunities for Smart Classrooms: CL Orchestration
Smart classrooms have been devised for different purposes including enabling extended tele-education, diverse learning activities and facilitating implement
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