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 eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Series ; 10
• Subjects: Education.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Graphic design.; Educational technology.; Learning & Instruction.; Educational Technology.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Interaction Design.

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:

• Why Would Furniture Be Relevant for Collaborative Learning?
• Design of Systems for Supporting Collaborative Learning Augmented with Physical Artefacts
• Do Fewer Laptops Make a Better Team?
• The Disappearing Computer: Consequences for Educational Technology
• Supporting Collaboration with Augmented Environments
• Rethinking the Podium
• Collaborative Tabletop Research and Evaluation
• Interpersonal Computers for Higher Education
• Exploratory Design, Augmented Furniture?.