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The effect of tangible interfaces on children's collaborative behaviour

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Clair O'MalleyAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '02: CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/506443.506614

Published: 20 April 2002 Publication History

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The physical nature of the classroom means that children are continually divided into small groups. The present study examined collaboration on a story creation task using technologies believed to encourage and support collaborative behaviour. Four children used tangible technologies over three sessions. The technology consisted of a large visual display in which they could input content (using Personal Digital Assistants (Pda) and a scanner), record sounds (using RF-ID tags) and navigate around the environment using an arrangement of sensors called 'the magic carpet'. The children could then retell their story using bar-coded images and sounds. The three sessions were video recorded and analysed. Results indicate the importance of immediate feedback and visibility of action for effective collaboration to take place.

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CHI EA '02: CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2002

488 pages

ISBN:1581134541

DOI:10.1145/506443

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Loren Terveen
AT&T Labs and University of Minnesota
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Microsoft

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Falcão TPrice S(2009)What have you done! the role of 'interference' in tangible environments for supporting collaborative learningProceedings of the 9th international conference on Computer supported collaborative learning - Volume 110.5555/1600053.1600103(325-334)Online publication date: 8-Jun-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1600053.1600103
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Sakiroglu MRiedel JPawar K(2005)The knowledge creation process and model within NPD teams2005 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ICE)10.1109/ITMC.2005.7461261(1-10)Online publication date: Jun-2005
https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2005.7461261
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