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Facilitating Collaborative Learning Between Two Primary Schools Using Large Multi-Touch Devices

McNaughton, J.; Crick, T.; Joyce-Gibbons, A.; Beauchamp, G.; Young, N.; Tan, E.

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Authors

J. McNaughton

T. Crick

A. Joyce-Gibbons

G. Beauchamp

N. Young

E. Tan



Abstract

This paper presents a technical case study and the associated research software/hardware underpinning an educational research trial in which large touchscreen interfaces were used to facilitate collaborative interactions between primary school students at separate locations. As part of the trial, an application for supporting a collaborative classroom activity was created which allowed students at either location to transfer resources to the students at the other via a ‘flick’ gesture. The trial required several novel innovations to the existing SynergyNet software framework to enable it to support synchronous remote collaboration. The innovations enabled the first successful classroom collaboration activities between two separate locations within the United Kingdom using large touchscreen interfaces. This paper details the challenges encountered in implementing these innovations and their solutions.

Citation

McNaughton, J., Crick, T., Joyce-Gibbons, A., Beauchamp, G., Young, N., & Tan, E. (2017). Facilitating Collaborative Learning Between Two Primary Schools Using Large Multi-Touch Devices. Journal of Computers in Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40692-017-0081-x

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 4, 2017
Online Publication Date Mar 14, 2017
Publication Date Mar 14, 2017
Deposit Date Mar 21, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 22, 2017
Journal Journal of Computers in Education
Print ISSN 2197-9987
Electronic ISSN 2197-9995
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s40692-017-0081-x

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