Teamsketch Collaborative drawing on iPads

Michael Spitzer, Martin Ebner

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Implementing mobile devices in teaching and learning settings:

• Beaming of stored information • Location awareness • Portable sound- and voice-recording • Cameras for taking photos and making video clips • Connectivity for spontaneous communication and collaboration amongst learners

Kukulska-Hulme & Traxler, 2005

Learning theories:

• Location based Learning: Real life situations • Social Learning: Learning is an active part on the learners themselve and occurs through participation • Game-based Learning • Collaborative Learning

Sandra Schön et al, 2010

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Collaborative Learning (http://app.tugraz.at)

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„The aim was to develop a high responsive sketch collaboration app for iPads“

!Figure 1 Teamsketch environment

Architecture http://schule.learninglab.tugraz.at

Webinterface http://schule.learninglab.tugraz.at !

iPad App http://schule.learninglab.tugraz.at

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Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmmAMN4HdTM

Field Study

• Primary School (3rd grade, age: 9 years) • 16 pupils • Experienced „iPad class“ • Groups of two

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Figure 7 Setting of the field study

Results

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Figure 8 A harmonic group Figure 9 Group with difficulties

Results

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Figure 10 Contour and fill collaboration

Discussion

• Each pupil can draw on every part of the sketch simultaneously

• Every pupil can see the whole sketch at a time

• Some difficulties with the user interface

• Groups need a significant amount of time until they were able to draw together

Graz University of Technology

SOCIAL LEARNINGComputer and Information Services

Graz University of Technology

Martin Ebner

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