Enhancing genomic learning through tabletop interaction

Shaer, Orit; Strait, Megan; Valdes, Consuelo; Feng, Taili; Lintz, Michael; Wang, Heidi

doi:10.1145/1978942.1979361

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“…Involv [24] and DeepTree [11] are tabletop interfaces for exploring the Encyclopedia of Life that are aimed at informal science learning settings. G-nome Surfer is a tabletop interface for collaborative exploration of genomic information [44,45,46]. In this work, we go beyond information exploration and delve into the design and specification of new biological systems.…”

Section: Reality-based Interfaces For Scientific Discovery and Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several studies indicate that large interactive surfaces support collaboration through visibility of actions and egalitarian input [25,30], facilitate active reading [33], and foster the use of motor-spatial strategies, potentially lowering mental workload [36,4]. It has also been shown that multi-touch tabletops promote reflection and collaboration in learning environments [21,37,45,52]. Considering these findings as well as the increasing availability and falling prices of commercial hardware platforms, we decided to utilize multi-touch interaction with a large vertical interactive surface to address the requirements discussed above.…”

Section: The Moclo Planner Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The direct manipulation of information artifacts through multitouch could engage the connection between the hand, the eye, and the brain to support users' conceptual understanding and facilitate "thinking through action" [3,20,56]. Also, it has been shown that the use of spatial and physical interaction can reduce cognitive workload [56] and trigger reflection [4,45].…”

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confidence: 99%

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MoClo planner: Interactive visualization for Modular Cloning bio-design

Shaer

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Liu

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2013 IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (BioVis)

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MoClo Planner is an interactive visualization system for collaborative bio-design, utilizing a multi-touch interactive surface. The system integrates the information gathering, design, and specification of complex synthetic biological constructs using the Modular Cloning (MoClo) assembly method. Modular Cloning is a hierarchical DNA construction method that allows for the assembly of multi-part constructs from a library of biological parts in a one-pot reaction. This cutting-edge method facilitates and expedites the assembly of complex biological designs. However, it is an intricate multi-step process, which to date, has not been adequately supported by existing bio-design tools. Novel visual tools are needed in order to make MoClo more tractable and accessible to a broad range of users, to facilitate a less error prone bio-design process, and to improve workflow. MoClo Planner is a result of a participatory and user-centered design process, which included close collaboration with domain experts. Using multi-touch interactions and a rich graphical interface, the system accelerates the MoClo learning process, and reduces design time and errors. In this paper, we present user requirements and describe the design, implementation, and evaluation of MoClo Planner.

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“…Furthermore, although there are a number of research studies on collaborative learning discussions and verbal participations, (e.g. Flecker et al, 2009;Shaer et al, 2011), there is almost no research that had correlated the number and state of team member's suggestions (i.e., accepted or not accepted) with team diversity attributes, collaboration styles, and team performance.…”

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“…Using the operational definitions and models of (1) collaboration profiles (Shaer et al, 2011), (2) collaboration process scaling (Meier, Spada, & Rummel, 2007), (3) collaborative learning mechanisms framework (Flecker et al, 2009), and (4) multi-level diversity and team mental model similarity (Fisher et al, 2012;Harrison, Price, & Bell, 1998;Miliken & Martins, 1996), this paper reports sets of results concerning the association between various diversity dimensions and collaboration style and team performance. In particular, dimensions of diversity include those that pertain to demographic (gender, race, and native language), academic (status and discipline), and use experience.…”

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The Effect of Undergraduate Library Users' Dyadic Diversity Attributes on Interactive Tabletop Collaboration, Performance, and Perception

Tang¹,

Quigley²

2014

iConference 2014 Proceedings

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Sixty undergraduate students were paired up and participated in a usability study of the Library Explorer software on a Microsoft PixelSense Tabletop. Specific investigation into the impact of diversity attributes on collaboration style, collaboration quality, task performance, and participants' perception revealed interesting patterns. Problem solving ideas were coded as suggestions. Gender composition and task performance were found to be significantly associated with the frequency of suggestions' non-acceptance. Results show that during participants' collaborative discovery on interactive tabletops, gender and racial diversities, while directly influenced their collaboration styles and processes, did not impact their team performance. Diversity attributes that significantly correlated with team effectiveness included native language diversity, differences in tabletop use experiences, usability ratings, and the frequency of suggestions not being accepted. Findings of the study not only enrich the understanding of the connection between team compositional diversity and collaboration styles, but also provide insights on how team members' suggestion behaviors may help capture the dynamics of collaboration on interactive tabletops.

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Shared discovery using a library tool on an interactive tabletop: Team composition, collaboration style and process

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Quigley²,

Guillette³

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Proc of Assoc for Info

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Sixty Harvard undergraduate students, paired up as 30 two‐person teams, participated in a usability study where they were interviewed and asked to perform eight tasks using the Library Explorer software on the Microsoft PixelSense tabletop. This paper focuses exclusively on the collaboration aspect of the study results. During the research session, participants' verbal responses, their interaction on the table, their collaboration behavior, and task process were recorded. Using a typology of collaboration profiles and collaboration processes, each dyad was coded by their collaboration style and assessed by their collaboration quality. Results show that the majority of the dyads adopted the “turn taker” collaboration style in completing their tasks, and the “driver‐passenger” style was also used frequently. Significant differences were found in team make‐up in terms of the formation of their collaboration style and their likelihood to recommend the tool to others. Knowing their partner prior also influenced the formation of participants' collaboration style. There is a significant correlation between overall collaboration style and the quality of collaboration. The use of collaboration styles such as “turn taker,” “driver passenger” and “independent,” correlate significantly with various quality measures of collaboration. While the “turn taker” style is associated positively with percent of tasks completed successfully, the “driver‐passenger” is inversely correlated with the success rate. There are some preliminary evidences from the results to support Klimoski and Mohammed's (1994) framework which suggests that team capacity leads to team process and then contributes to the team performance. Further analysis on participants' screen touch rate and problem solving strategies may help to examine the deep layer of participants' shared mental model construction and thus reveal the effect of the shared mental model on collaboration quality and task performance.

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Enhancing genomic learning through tabletop interaction

Cited by 97 publications

References 28 publications

MoClo planner: Interactive visualization for Modular Cloning bio-design

MoClo planner: Interactive visualization for Modular Cloning bio-design

The Effect of Undergraduate Library Users' Dyadic Diversity Attributes on Interactive Tabletop Collaboration, Performance, and Perception

Shared discovery using a library tool on an interactive tabletop: Team composition, collaboration style and process

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