Multi-user Multi-touch Setups for Collaborative Learning in an Educational Setting

In educational settings, current digital technologies often work counter-productive because people using them experience separation and isolation. This paper describes a set of multi-touch multimedia interaction applications that especially were designed to enhance co-located collaboration between users. We present the underlying framework for creating such applications. Our applications were created for supporting typical collaborative tasks performed by secondary students. We present our findings on the usage of these applications by these users in the settings of a secondary school classroom.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: CDVE
• Authors: Jan Schneider, Jan Derboven, Kris Luyten, Chris Vleugels, Stijn Bannier, Dries De Roeck, Mathijs Verstraete
• Keywords: CDVE 2010, Current Digital Technologies, Educational Settings, Typical Collaborative Tasks, Visualization