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posted on 2022-01-17, 15:22 authored by Gary Beauchamp, Andrew Joyce-Gibbons, James Mc Naughton, Nick Young, Tom CrickThis study explores remote, non-collocated collaboration via multi-touch table (SynergyNet) and video conferencing software (Skype). Twenty-four participants (aged 10-11 years) in two locations -- primary school classrooms located 300 miles apart in the UK -- engaged in simultaneous collaborative activity to solve a History mystery task. Audio-video data recorded in the first minute of the activity was analysed to explore the emergence of collaborative working practices both within groups in the same location (resizing for shared reading) and between the groups communicating via video conferencing software and through the ‘flick’ multi-touch gesture (sharing clues between groups). Results indicated that most groups focused first on the establishment of intra-group collaboration before reaching out to their remotely located partners. However, when the second data set was analysed, audio data from delayed interviews conducted after the original study, participants reported that the discussion between groups supported by the ‘flick’ gesture were the most important and memorable features of the activity. The study relates these findings to existing literature on collaborative learning using multi-touch tables and considers how teachers are best able to help support the emergence of collaborative practices.
Funding
Economic and Social Research Council. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Grant Number: RES-139-25-0400
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British Journal of Educational TechnologyPublisher
WileyAcceptance Date
2018-12-15Publication Date
2019-01-11Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Citation
Beauchamp G., Joyce-Gibbons A., Mc Naughton J., Young N., & Crick T. (2019) ‘Exploring synchronous, remote collaborative interaction between learners using multi-touch tables and video conferencing in UK primary schools’, British Journal of Educational Technology. DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12728Print ISSN
1467-8535Cardiff Met Affiliation
- Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy
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- © The Publisher
Language
- en