Technologies for Teaching

Redefining learning through technology

MultiPresenter takes advantage of lecture halls with multiple projectors, allowing them to be used flexibility and independently where appropriate.
MultiPresenter takes advantage of lecture halls with multiple projectors, allowing them to be used flexibility and independently where appropriate.

In this series of works, we explore the role of large display and mobile technologies within the context of a university classroom. We explore how multiple displays can be used in ways that go beyond mirroring the display of the presenter [Lanir, J., Booth, K., and Tang, A. (2008). MultiPresenter: a presentation system for (very) large display surfaces. In MM '08: Proceedings of the 16th ACM international conference on Multimedia, 519--528.] , and how we can blur the lines between learners and instructors by challenging conventional notions of control across shared displays [Lanir, J., Booth, K., and Tang, A. (2010). Enabling Student Control of a Classroom's Shared Screen. In EIST 2010: Next Generation of HCI and Education: Workshop on UI Technology and Education Pedagogy - Workshop at CHI 2010.] . These designs are built from careful studies of how people make use of large displays [Tang, A., Lanir, J., Greenberg, S., and Fels, S. (2009). Supporting transitions in work: informing large display application design by understanding whiteboard use. In GROUP '09: Proceedings of the ACM 2009 international conference on Supporting group work, 149--158.] [Tang, A., Parker, J., Lanir, J., Booth, K., and Fels, S. (2006). Studying collaborative surface use to guide large display interaction design. In Conference Companion of the 2006 20th Anniversary Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 219--220.] . A more recent design explored how sketching could be used as an input mechnism for a large display designed for teaching math [Grossauer, C., Perteneder, F., Haller, M., Walny, J., Brosz, J., Tang, A., and Carpendale, S. (2012). MathSketch: Designing a Dynamic Whiteboard for Instructional Contexts. In EIST 2012: Educational Interfaces, Software and Technology - Workshop at CHI 2012.] or for brainstorming [Peterender, F., Grossauer, C., Seifried, T., Walney, J., Brosz, J., Tang, A., Carpendale, S., and Haller, M. (2012). Idea Playground: When Brainstorming is Not Enough. In Designing Collaborative Interactive Spaces - Workshop at AVI 2012.] .

Publications

Lanir, J., Booth, K., and Tang, A. (2008). MultiPresenter: a presentation system for (very) large display surfaces. In MM '08: Proceedings of the 16th ACM international conference on Multimedia, 519--528.
Lanir, J., Booth, K., and Tang, A. (2010). Enabling Student Control of a Classroom's Shared Screen. In EIST 2010: Next Generation of HCI and Education: Workshop on UI Technology and Education Pedagogy - Workshop at CHI 2010.
Tang, A., Lanir, J., Greenberg, S., and Fels, S. (2009). Supporting transitions in work: informing large display application design by understanding whiteboard use. In GROUP '09: Proceedings of the ACM 2009 international conference on Supporting group work, 149--158.
Tang, A., Parker, J., Lanir, J., Booth, K., and Fels, S. (2006). Studying collaborative surface use to guide large display interaction design. In Conference Companion of the 2006 20th Anniversary Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 219--220.
Grossauer, C., Perteneder, F., Haller, M., Walny, J., Brosz, J., Tang, A., and Carpendale, S. (2012). MathSketch: Designing a Dynamic Whiteboard for Instructional Contexts. In EIST 2012: Educational Interfaces, Software and Technology - Workshop at CHI 2012.
Peterender, F., Grossauer, C., Seifried, T., Walney, J., Brosz, J., Tang, A., Carpendale, S., and Haller, M. (2012). Idea Playground: When Brainstorming is Not Enough. In Designing Collaborative Interactive Spaces - Workshop at AVI 2012.