Technologies for Orchestration

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Dillenbourg, P. (2010). Technologies for Orchestration. Presented at World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2010.
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Conference Information

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2010
June 29, 2010
AACE

Author

Pierre Dillenbourg, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract

Orchestration refers to designing and conducting 'integrated' learning scenarios, i.e. scenarios that combine individual activities (reading, summarizing,...), team activities (arguing, explaining, problem solving,...) and class-wide activities (lecturing, debriefing,...). The teacher has such a key role to play when conducting these complex scenarios that I dare to describe our technologies as being 'teacher centric'. The management of activities inside and outside the classroom has a physical dimension that I will illustrate with environments that are integrated into everyday artifacts (lamps, tables,...). The learners interact by manipulating physical objects (tangibles) such as tiny shelves to layout a warehouse mock-up. The use of simple paper sheets as input and output of these environments supports an integrated workflow across the different phases of a pedagogical scenario, including the teacher's routines and the students' homework. This talk is not about virtual space, it's about the physicality of classroom interactions.

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