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SMALLab mixed-reality design pivots on three principles: face-to-face interaction, distributed thought and action, and immediate consolidation

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The SMALLab mixed-reality classroom design, presented by Birchfield and Megowan-Romanowicz, pivots on three principles: direct face-to-face interaction among co-located participants should be cultivated; thought and action should be distributed across multiple participants through an active, generative process unfolding in real time; and immediate spatial and temporal consolidation of emergent conceptual models should follow the active learning process. The editorial states each principle "supports shared knowledge" by providing preconditions and mechanisms for knowledge sharing through structured interaction.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Computationally mediated space with projection of virtual reality into the physical classroom interacting with student behaviors

Constraints

Target Learners

  • Whole classrooms of students, including at-risk students

Learning Goals

  • Construction of scientific shared knowledge of abstract earth sciences concepts

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Key Sources

  • Gerry Stahl & Friedrich Hesse. (2009). Paradigms of shared knowledge. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-009-9075-7
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title SMALLab mixed-reality design pivots on three principles: face-to-face interaction, distributed thought and action, and immediate consolidation
description The SMALLab mixed-reality classroom design, presented by Birchfield and Megowan-Romanowicz, pivots on three principles: direct face-to-face interaction among co-located participants should be cultivated; thought and a...
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