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GreenHat: exploring the natural environment through experts' perspectives

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Kimiko Ryokai,

Lora Oehlberg,

Michael Manoochehri,

Alice AgoginoAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '11: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 2149 - 2152

https://doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1979254

Published: 07 May 2011 Publication History

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We present GreenHat, an interactive mobile learning application that helps students learn about biodiversity and sustainability issues in their surroundings from experts' points of view, before participating in unfamiliar debates about their familiar surroundings. Using the interactive location-sensitive map and video on a smart phone, GreenHat simulates how experts go about making observations in the field and encourages students to actively observe their environment. We present our design process, our initial prototype, report the results from our preliminary evaluation, and discuss ongoing work.

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CHI '11: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 2011

3530 pages

ISBN:9781450302289

DOI:10.1145/1978942

General Chair:
Desney Tan
Microsoft Research
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Program Chairs:
Geraldine Fitzpatrick
Vienna University of Technology
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Carl Gutwin
University of Saskatchewan
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Bo Begole
PARC
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Wendy A. Kellogg
IBM Research

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