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A Digital Tabletop Tool for Teacher-Student Supervision to Support Student Learning

Authors:
Samgwa Quintine Njanka
Shubodha Acharya
Prameet Bhakta Acharya

Keywords: Digital tabletop; teachers; students; cooperation; CSCW; CSCL.

Abstract:
Effective integration of technology into teaching and learning is becoming an essential competency for teachers. General classroom lectures are important for understanding the course material, but providing other opportunities like well-structured individual or group supervision sessions for students is indispensable. This will ensure the full mastery of the subject matter and expand the scope of learning experiences. Following a pilot demonstration of 15 students and 3 supervisors, interviews were conducted and the feedback showed the benefits of group supervision for these students. Students noted many positive benefits in support of a collaborative learning environment using a digital platform, while supervisors followed suit in the same perspective. This article, therfefore, describes the use of a digital tabletop board as a learning platform to facilitate individual/group supervision of students. After establishing the design requirements, we proceeded with prototyping, providing a series of sketches illustrating how users might progress through a task using the product under development and, lastly, the finished product with two major functionalities: notes taking and recording during a supervision session. The prototype was tested and analysed. The users indicated that the recording would help playback the supervision session. Also, in terms of usability, the interface was perceived as not different from that of the desktop paradigm, hence, user-friendly. Also, in terms of usability, the interface was perceived as not different from that of the desktop paradigm, hence, user-friendly. Teachers, on the other hand, noted the website created will provide notes or audio record for the students and even serves as announcement platform from the supervisors to the students on the class schedule. This would facilitate the achievement of course objectives and would enhance learning.

Pages: 64 to 67

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: March 22, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-761-0

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from November 21, 2020 to November 25, 2020