Classbeacons: enhancing reflection-inaction of teachers through spatially distributed ambient information

Pengcheng An; Saskia Bakker; Sara Ordanovski; Chris L.E. Paffen; Ruurd Taconis; Berry Eggen

doi:10.1145/3290607.3313239

Classbeacons: enhancing reflection-inaction of teachers through spatially distributed ambient information

Pengcheng An, Saskia Bakker, Sara Ordanovski, Chris L.E. Paffen, Ruurd Taconis, Berry Eggen

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Abstract

Reflection-in-action (RiA) refers to teachers' reflections on their teaching performance during busy classroom routines. RiA is a demanding competence for teachers, but little has been known about how HCI systems could support teachers' RiA during their busy and intensive teaching. To bridge this gap, we design and evaluate an ambient information system named ClassBeacons. ClassBeacons aims to help teachers intuitively reflect-in-action on how to divide time and attention over pupils throughout a lesson. ClassBeacons subtly depicts teachers' division of time and attention over pupils through multiple light-objects distributed over students' desks. Each light-object indicates how long the teacher has been cumulatively around it (helping an adjacent student) by shifting color. A field evaluation with eleven teachers proved that ClassBeacons enhanced teachers' RiA by supporting their sensemaking of ongoing performance and modification of upcoming actions. Furthermore, ClassBeacons was experienced to unobtrusively fit into teachers' routines without overburdening teaching in progress.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-5971-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3313239
Publication status	Published - 2 May 2019
Event	37th ACM Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019 - Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 4 May 2019 → 9 May 2019 Conference number: 37 https://chi2019.acm.org

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Conference	37th ACM Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019
Abbreviated title	CHI 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	4/05/19 → 9/05/19
Internet address	https://chi2019.acm.org

Keywords

Ambient information system
Classroom
Leaner-centered education
Reflection-in-action
Reflective practitioner
Teacher proximity

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An, P., Bakker, S., Ordanovski, S., Paffen, C. L. E., Taconis, R., & Eggen, B. (2019). Classbeacons: enhancing reflection-inaction of teachers through spatially distributed ambient information. In CHI EA 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article INT002 Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3313239

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An, P, Bakker, S, Ordanovski, S, Paffen, CLE, Taconis, R & Eggen, B 2019, Classbeacons: enhancing reflection-inaction of teachers through spatially distributed ambient information. in CHI EA 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., INT002, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, New York, 37th ACM Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 4/05/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3313239

Classbeacons: enhancing reflection-inaction of teachers through spatially distributed ambient information. / An, Pengcheng; Bakker, Saskia; Ordanovski, Sara et al.
CHI EA 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2019. INT002.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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