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Blending Digital and Face-to-Face Interaction Using a Co -Located Social MediaApp in Class

Denis Gillet, Adrian Christian Holzer, Andrii Vozniuk, Sten Govaerts, Benoît Garbinato

Improving face-to-face (f2f) interaction in large classrooms is a challenging task as student participation can be hard to initiate. Thanks to the wide adoption of personal mobile devices, it is possible to blend digital and face-to-face interaction and in ...

IEEE COMPUTER SOC2018

An Extensible Architecture for the Integration of Remote and Virtual Laboratories in Public Learning Tools

Denis Gillet, Christophe Salzmann, Sten Govaerts

Remote laboratories are software and hardware tools that allow students to remotely access real equipment located in universities. The integration of remote laboratories in learning tools (learning management systems, content man- agement systems, or perso ...

2015

The Smart Device Specification for Remote Labs

Denis Gillet, Christophe Salzmann, Wissam Halimi, Sten Govaerts

This paper presents the Smart Device specification to interface with remote labs. To encourage the broader sharing of remote labs, the Smart Device paradigm decouples the client from the server and provides well-defined interfaces between client and server ...

2015

Uncomfortable yet Fun Messaging with Chachachat

Denis Gillet, Adrian Christian Holzer, Andrii Vozniuk, Sten Govaerts, Angelo Benedetto

In order to improve user experience and to foster novel ideas, some voices in the HCI community have argued to break fundamental design rules, an approach well known in the art community. In this paper, we use this radical approach to design a playful mobi ...

2015

Towards Mobile Blended Interaction Fostering Critical Thinking

Denis Gillet, Adrian Christian Holzer, Samuel Bendahan, Sten Govaerts

Critical thinking is a fundamental skill that all citizens should have. Unfortunately, while beliefs in unfounded claims are pervasive, teaching critical skill is a strenuous task. Digital mobile interaction could potentially support face-to-face teaching ...

2015

Graspeo: a Social Media Platform for Knowledge Management in NGOs

Denis Gillet, Adrian Christian Holzer, Andrii Vozniuk, Sten Govaerts

Timely access to critical information is crucial for any organization operating in situations of emergency. Deploying an adequate information system tailored to specific organizational needs and matched to the organizational structure is essential. To unde ...

2015

The Smart Device Specification for Remote Labs

Denis Gillet, Christophe Salzmann, Wissam Halimi, Sten Govaerts

This paper presents the Smart Device specification to interface with remote labs. To encourage the broader sharing of remote labs, the Smart Device paradigm decouples the client from the server and provides well-defined interfaces between client and server ...

IEEE2015

Contextual Learning Analytics Apps to Create Awareness in Blended Inquiry Learning

Denis Gillet, Maria Jesus Rodriguez Triana, Adrian Christian Holzer, Andrii Vozniuk, Sten Govaerts, David Sandoz

Blended inquiry learning, where students for example use online labs to perform experiments, is considered a promising approach to increase the skills and interest of students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics domains. For teachers to pr ...

2015

Learning dashboards: an overview and future research opportunities

Sten Govaerts

In this paper, we present work on learning analytics that aims to support learners and teachers through dashboard applications, ranging from small mobile applications to learnscapes on large public displays. Dashboards typically capture and visualize trace ...

Springer London Ltd2014

AngeLA: Putting the Teacher in Control of Student Privacy in the Online Classroom

Denis Gillet, Andrii Vozniuk, Sten Govaerts

Learning analytics (LA) is often considered as a means to improve learning and learning environments by measuring student behaviour, analysing the tracked data and acting upon the results. The use of LA tools implies recording and processing of student act ...

2014