The Impact of Device Orientation on Small Group Collaboration During Whole Class Game-Based Simulations

Litong Zeng, Mike Tissenbaum

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Abstract

This paper evaluated students' collaboration when using a tablet as a shared interface during group decision making in City Settlers, an ecological simulation that supports students' learning of interdependent systems including environmental sustainability, civics, economics, and history. While tablets are widely used in today's K-12 classrooms, their impact on collaboration when shared among students has not been thoroughly studied. This work showed how the use of tablets as a shared game interface critically influenced students' collaborative decision-making. By examining one group of players in the game and how they used shared displays, this work highlights the impact of the shared tablet's orientation on students' engagement and collaborative learning processes. Of particular importance is how obstructed access to shared displays can negatively impact students' engagement and discourse over time.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2022
EditorsArmin Weinberger, Wenli Chen, Davinia Hernandez-Leo, Bodong Chen
PublisherInternational Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages27-34
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781737330646
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event15th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, CSCL 2022 - Hiroshima, Japan
Duration: Jun 6 2022Jun 10 2022

Publication series

NameComputer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
Volume2022-June
ISSN (Print)1573-4552

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, CSCL 2022
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityHiroshima
Period6/6/226/10/22

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Education

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