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Back to school: design principles for improving webcast interactivity from face-to-face classroom observation

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DIS '06: Proceedings of the 6th conference on Designing Interactive systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1142405.1142452

Published: 26 June 2006 Publication History

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This paper presents an observational study of face-to-face university classrooms and provides preliminary design principles for improving interactivity in "webcast" presentations. Despite the fact that participation and interaction patterns appear to depend heavily on presentation style and class size, useful patterns were observed and analyzed. Design principles presented include the need to support rapid changes in floor control, multiple types of presentation technologies, and the subtleties of awareness between the audience and presenter.

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Back to school: design principles for improving webcast interactivity from face-to-face classroom observation
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing systems and tools
      1. Synchronous editors
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Collaborative and social computing systems and tools
      1. Synchronous editors

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DIS '06: Proceedings of the 6th conference on Designing Interactive systems

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Birnholtz JBaecker RLaughton SMak CCausey RRankin K(2011)Building BridgesE-Infrastructures and Technologies for Lifelong Learning10.4018/978-1-61520-983-5.ch009(234-252)Online publication date: 2011
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