Section: New Results

Tangible interaction and augmented reality for collaborative learning

Participants: Philippe Giraudeau and Martin Hachet

Part of the e-Fran project e-Tac, we explore approaches based on the hybridization of physical and digital content for mind-mapping activities at schools. Based on the literature in the fields of cognitive science and HCI, we have designed a mixed-reality (MR) interface called Reality-Map (Figure 10. We conducted a pilot study with 11 participants suggesting that learning and manipulating information about the brain and their cognitive functions could be improved by the use of such a MR interface compared to a traditional WIMP interface [45]. We are now extending this approach with the partners of the project to design and develop a new pedgogical tool that will be evaluated in classrooms.

Figure 10. Digital and physical objects combined for collaborative learning