Authors:
Lili Tong
1
;
Audrey Serna
1
;
Sébastien George
2
and
Aurélien Tabard
1
Affiliations:
1
Univ Lyon, France
;
2
UBL and Université du Maine, France
Keyword(s):
Decision-making, collaboration, Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Multi-Surface Environments (MSE).
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Computer-Supported Education
;
Information Technologies Supporting Learning
Abstract:
Collaborative decision-making is one of the emphasized student skills required by educators from different
domains including science, technology and society. Multi-surface environments (MSE) appear particularly
well suited for such learning activities, with large shared surfaces dedicated to the overview of information
and context awareness, while personal surfaces serve browsing and analytical purposes. In this study, we
present the design of Pickit, a MSE tool supporting collaborative decision-making activities. We show how
Pickit is used by four groups of high school students as part of a learning activity. We analyze students’
interactions with digital devices that are related to given phases of the decision making process. Our results
show that MSE are particularly interesting for such learning activities as they enable to balance personal and
group work. The introduction of personal devices (tablets) makes free riding more difficult, while enabling
development of perso
nal judgment. By using Pickit, students successfully made their decisions and meanwhile
better knew about the decision-making process.
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