Multi-touch technology in a higher-education classroom: lessons in-the-wild

Roberto Martinez-Maldonado; Andrew Clayphan; Christopher Ackad; Judy Kay

doi:10.1145/2686612.2686647

Multi-touch technology in a higher-education classroom: lessons in-the-wild

Roberto Martinez-Maldonado, Andrew Clayphan, Christopher Ackad, Judy Kay

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Abstract

Inspired by the promise of tabletops for collaborative learning, and building on the many tabletop lab studies, and a few in-the-wild tabletop classrooms, we designed the first semester-long use of a multi-tabletop classroom for two university subjects, with 105 and 40 students respectively. Surprisingly, we found that with just three applications, designed to meet emerging teaching goals, we could support diverse classroom activities. Our technology also featured key minimalist functions that proved effective in enhancing the teacher's management of the class. This points to a research agenda for the applications and functionalities needed to make tabletop classrooms a reality. This paper describes the design process we followed to deploy multi-touch technology as a classroom ecology and the lessons learnt from the semester-long use in two authentic university courses.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Designing Futures. The Future of design
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014)
Editors	Toni Robertson, Kenton O'Hara, Greg Wadley, Lian Loke, Tuck Leong
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	220-229
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450306539
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2686612.2686647
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference 2014 - University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia Duration: 2 Dec 2014 → 5 Dec 2014 Conference number: 26th http://www.ozchi.org/ozchi2014/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/2686612 (Proceedings)

Conference

Conference	Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference 2014
Abbreviated title	OZCHI 2014
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	2/12/14 → 5/12/14
Internet address	http://www.ozchi.org/ozchi2014/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/2686612 (Proceedings)

Keywords

Classrooms
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
Surface Computing
Tabletops

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Martinez-Maldonado, R., Clayphan, A., Ackad, C., & Kay, J. (2014). Multi-touch technology in a higher-education classroom: lessons in-the-wild . In T. Robertson, K. O'Hara, G. Wadley, L. Loke, & T. Leong (Eds.), Designing Futures. The Future of design: Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014) (pp. 220-229). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/2686612.2686647

Martinez-Maldonado, Roberto ; Clayphan, Andrew ; Ackad, Christopher et al. / Multi-touch technology in a higher-education classroom : lessons in-the-wild . Designing Futures. The Future of design: Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014). editor / Toni Robertson ; Kenton O'Hara ; Greg Wadley ; Lian Loke ; Tuck Leong. New York NY USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2014. pp. 220-229

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Martinez-Maldonado, R, Clayphan, A, Ackad, C & Kay, J 2014, Multi-touch technology in a higher-education classroom: lessons in-the-wild . in T Robertson, K O'Hara, G Wadley, L Loke & T Leong (eds), Designing Futures. The Future of design: Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, pp. 220-229, Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference 2014, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2/12/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2686612.2686647

Multi-touch technology in a higher-education classroom: lessons in-the-wild . / Martinez-Maldonado, Roberto; Clayphan, Andrew; Ackad, Christopher et al.
Designing Futures. The Future of design: Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014). ed. / Toni Robertson; Kenton O'Hara; Greg Wadley; Lian Loke; Tuck Leong. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2014. p. 220-229.

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Martinez-Maldonado R, Clayphan A, Ackad C, Kay J. Multi-touch technology in a higher-education classroom: lessons in-the-wild . In Robertson T, O'Hara K, Wadley G, Loke L, Leong T, editors, Designing Futures. The Future of design: Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2014. p. 220-229 doi: 10.1145/2686612.2686647

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