ClassBeacons: Designing distributed visualization of teachers' physical proximity in the classroom

Pengcheng An; Saskia Bakker; Sara Ordanovski; Ruurd Taconis; Berry Eggen

doi:10.1145/3173225.3173243

ClassBeacons: Designing distributed visualization of teachers' physical proximity in the classroom

Pengcheng An, Saskia Bakker, Sara Ordanovski, Ruurd Taconis, Berry Eggen

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Abstract

As necessary for creating a learner-centered environment, nowadays teachers are expected to be more mindful about their proximity distribution: how to spend time in different locations of the classroom with individual learners. However feedback on this is only given to teachers by experts after classroom observation. In this paper we present the design and evaluation of ClassBeacons, a novel ambient information system that visualizes teachers' physical proximity through tangible devices distributed over the classroom. An expert review and a field evaluation with eight secondary school teachers were conducted to explore potential values of such a system and gather user experiences. Results revealed rich insights into how the system could influence teaching and learning, as well as how a distributed display can be seamlessly integrated into teachers' routines.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TEI 2018 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	357-367
Number of pages	11
Volume	2018-January
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450355681
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-5568-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3173225.3173243
Publication status	Published - 18 Mar 2018
Event	12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI 2018) - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 18 Mar 2018 → 21 Mar 2018 Conference number: 12 https://tei.acm.org/2018/

Conference

Conference	12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI 2018)
Abbreviated title	TEI 2018
Country	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	18/03/18 → 21/03/18
Internet address	https://tei.acm.org/2018/

Keywords

Ambient information system
Classroom
Distributed display
Learner-centered education
Teacher proximity

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An, P., Bakker, S., Ordanovski, S., Taconis, R., & Eggen, B. (2018). ClassBeacons: Designing distributed visualization of teachers' physical proximity in the classroom. In TEI 2018 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (Vol. 2018-January, pp. 357-367). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173225.3173243

An, Pengcheng ; Bakker, Saskia ; Ordanovski, Sara ; Taconis, Ruurd ; Eggen, Berry. / ClassBeacons : Designing distributed visualization of teachers' physical proximity in the classroom. TEI 2018 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. Vol. 2018-January New York : Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2018. pp. 357-367

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An, P, Bakker, S, Ordanovski, S, Taconis, R & Eggen, B 2018, ClassBeacons: Designing distributed visualization of teachers' physical proximity in the classroom. in TEI 2018 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. vol. 2018-January, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, New York, pp. 357-367, 12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI 2018), Stockholm, Sweden, 18/03/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173225.3173243

ClassBeacons : Designing distributed visualization of teachers' physical proximity in the classroom. / An, Pengcheng; Bakker, Saskia; Ordanovski, Sara; Taconis, Ruurd ; Eggen, Berry.

TEI 2018 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. Vol. 2018-January New York : Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2018. p. 357-367.

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