Actions speak loudly with words: unpacking collaboration around the table

Fleck, Rowanne; Rogers, Yvonne; Yuill, Nicola; Marshall, Paul; Carr, Amanda; Rick, Jochen and Bonnett, Victoria (2009). Actions speak loudly with words: unpacking collaboration around the table. In: ITS '09: International Conference On Interactive Tabletops And Surfaces, 23-25 Nov 2009, Banff, Alberta, Canada, pp. 189–196.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1731903.1731939

Abstract

The potential of tabletops to enable groups of people to simultaneously touch and manipulate a shared tabletop interface provides new possibilities for supporting collaborative learning. However, findings from the few studies carried out to date have tended to show small or insignificant effects compared with other technologies. We present the Collaborative Learning Mechanisms framework used to examine the coupling of verbal interactions and physical actions in collaboration around the tabletop and reveal subtle mechanisms at play. Analysis in this way revealed that what might be considered undesirable or harmful interactions and intrusions in general collaborative settings, might be beneficial for collaborative learning. We discuss the implications of these findings for how tabletops may be used to support children's collaboration, and the value of considering verbal and physical aspects of interaction together in this way.

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• Item ORO ID
• 19501
• Item Type
• Conference or Workshop Item
• Keywords
• collaborative learning; children; user studies; framework
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Research Group
• Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2009 the Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. (ACM)
• Depositing User
• Jochen Rick