Designing for balance: 'Out There and in Here'

Coughlan, Tim; Adams, Anne and Rogers, Yvonne (2010). Designing for balance: 'Out There and in Here'. In: 24th BCS Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI2010): Play is a Serious Business, 6-10 Sep 2010, Dundee, Scotland.

Abstract

This paper describes the 'Out There and In Here' project, in which we explore the combined use of mobile technologies and static indoor technologies to support novel forms of collaborative field trip learning. We are currently developing a system to support balanced collaboration between geology students 'Out There' in the field, and their peers located in a specially designed 'In Here' laboratory. Here we explain the background to the project, and describe data collected on perceptions of field learning in geology that is directing design. In particular, we discuss bringing the 'Out There' experience 'In Here', whilst also enhancing the field experience. This requires the concurrent development of technologies and activities, and balancing the control required for effective learning with scope for user creativity.

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• Item ORO ID
• 26138
• Item Type
• Conference or Workshop Item
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  'Out There and In Here': Social Inclusion through Distributed Team Collaboration	EP/H022589/1	EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)

• Keywords
• mobile; collaboration; fieldwork; science; multitouch; tabletop
• Academic Unit or School
• Institute of Educational Technology (IET)
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Research Group
• Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
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