Paperworks - Augmenting pen and paper to support creative collaboration in education

1. Augmenting pen and paper to support creative
collaboration in design education
www.paper-works.org
Contacts:
Dale.hinch@edexcel.org.uk
Karin.Andersson@mah.se

2. PaperWorks
• Integrating paper technologies • King’s College London, Coordinator and User Studies
• Acreo, Ink and Printing
• Novel displays and • Anoto, Pen and Pattern
• ArjoWiggins, Paper
presentation devices • University of Brunel, Electronic and Product Design
• ETH Zurich, Software Architectures and Applications
• Developing applications and • Malmo University, Conceptual Design and User Studies
cross-media (blended media) • Pearson / Edexcel, Publishing and User Domains
content
• Understanding practices of
publishers
• Supporting alternative forms of
content production
• Understanding new affinities
between paper and digital
materials: classrooms,
specialist domains, publishing
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3. Example case studies
• Museum activity sheets and catalogues
(Natural History Museum, BBC OU Blue
Planet)
• The augmented textbook (Pearson
Education)
• The bespoke guidebook (Edinburgh Festival)
• Design support for creative assessment
(Pearson Edexcel)
• ...
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4. TERU and the e-Scape project
• The development of a system to facilitate
collaborative design work
• Research to examine the extent to which -
and the ways in which - innovation and team-
work might be more fully recognised and
rewarded in assessment processes,
particularly within GCSE
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5. Introduction to e-Scape booklet
• The e-Scape booklet has
been developed by
Goldsmith College,
University of London
• Making it possible to assess
the ability to
– generate ideas
– develop ideas
– and proove ideas
• The e-Scape booklet is used
in two phases
– During the project exam /
design task, by students
– During assessment, by the
assessors
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6. Prototype B
A3 paper + PDA
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7. e-scape
• How can augmenting a
paper-based design process
support collaborative
sketching?
• Computer / PDA based
sketching has some
limitations
• Studies of designers
collaborative work and use
of paper
• Design, develop and test
interactive collaboration
concepts – keeping a paper
based sketching practice
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8. Prototype C
A3 digital paper + digital pen
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10. Silent interaction
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11. ANALYSIS
• Sketching is a central part of their
interaction
• The pen was not just used a writing device
but also a means to relate the sketch to the
model
• Several iterations of the design ideas
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12. SUMMARY
• The technology supports cooperation
– Accessing and altering of idea
– Sharing the material
– Separating ideas and comments
• Crucial interaction characteristics to pay
attention to:
– Collaborative interaction
– Unobtrusive interaction
– Silent interaction
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13. Acknowledgements
Goldsmiths:
Tony Wheeler, Richard Kimbell, Tristram Shepard, Chloe Nast,
TAG Learning Ltd:
Declan Lynch, Karim Derrek
Malmo:
Johan Salo, Marten Pettersson, Bo Peterson,
Staff and students from Goldsmiths and Malmo
Maria Eccles and pupils from Dixons Academy Bradford
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