Interactive Artifacts and Furniture Supporting Collaborative Work and Learning

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dillenbourg, Pierre. (Editor), Huang, Jeffrey. (Editor), Cherubini, Mauro. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Series ; 10
• Subjects: Education.; Computer science.; Architectural design.; Educational Technology.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Interaction Design.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77234-9

The field of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) has traditionally focused on virtual learning environments and has somewhat neglected the physical environments in which students interact with each other and with their teachers. However, over the last years, scholars have devoted growin...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I: Collaborative Learning
• Design of Collaborative Learning Environments Augmented with Physical Artifacts
• A kinesthetic methodology for learning, through bodily engagement and tactile manipulation
• From Learning Environments to Technology Enriched Learning Spaces
• PART II: Collaborative Work
• Furnishing augmented meeting rooms
• Multi-User Interface and Interactions on Direct-Touch Horizontal Surfaces
• Rethinking the Podium: A rich media control station for next-generation conference rooms
• Natural Interaction Spaces
• PART III: Methodology
• Ethnographic approaches to study furniture supporting collaboration
• Exploratory design, Interactive Furniture: On the importance of Objects Presence.