Unobtrusively enhancing reflection-in-action of teachers through spatially distributed ambient information

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

doi:10.1145/3290605.3300321

Unobtrusively enhancing reflection-in-action of teachers through spatially distributed ambient information

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

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Reflecting on their performance during classroom-teaching is an important competence for teachers. Such reflection-inaction (RiA) enables them to optimize teaching on the spot. But RiA is also challenging, demanding extra thinking in teachers’ already intensive routines. Little is known on how HCI systems can facilitate teachers’ RiA during classroom-teaching. To fill in this gap, we evaluate ClassBeacons, a system that uses spatially distributed lamps to depict teachers’ ongoing performance on how they have divided their time and attention over students in the classroom. Empirical qualitative data from eleven teachers in 22 class periods show that this ambient information facilitated teachers’ RiA without burdening teaching in progress. Based on our theoretical grounding and field evaluation, we contribute empirical knowledge about how an HCI system enhanced teachers’ process of RiA as well as a set of design principles for unobtrusively supporting RiA.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2019 - Proceedings 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	14
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-5970-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300321
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
Distributed cognition
Periphery of attention
Reflection-in-action
Reflective practitioner
Teacher

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An, P., Bakker, S., Ordanovski, S., Taconis, R., Paffen, C. L. E., & Eggen, B. (2019). Unobtrusively enhancing reflection-in-action of teachers through spatially distributed ambient information. In CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 91 Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300321

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An, P, Bakker, S, Ordanovski, S, Taconis, R, Paffen, CLE & Eggen, B 2019, Unobtrusively enhancing reflection-in-action of teachers through spatially distributed ambient information. in CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 91, 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/10.1145/3290605.3300321

Unobtrusively enhancing reflection-in-action of teachers through spatially distributed ambient information. / An, Pengcheng; Bakker, Saskia; Ordanovski, Sara et al.
CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2019. 91.

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