Explaining multi-threaded task scheduling using tangible user interfaces in higher educational contexts

TangiBoard: A Toolkit to Reduce the Implementation Burden of Tangible User Interfaces in Education

“…Whilst the adoption of this visual-recognition toolkit facilitated the development of tabletop implementations, construction and setup of TUI architectures still require the costly procurement of specialized cameras and projectors to obtain a suitable educational setup [21]. Furthermore, the inherent nature of tabletop architectures poses a limit on the number of students that can collaboratively interact with the TUI system, thus constraining usability to only small cohorts of students [24]. This audience limitation was partially addressed using vertical peripherals in TUI setups.…”

An Active Tangible User Interface Framework for Teaching and Learning Artificial Intelligence

“…This concept improves the interaction domain between human and computing machines by enabling users of TUI systems to take advantage of innate spatial and environmental skills [29], whilst interacting with and configuring physical objects [33]. Moreover, substituting real-life familiar objects instead of digital controlling options enables TUI systems to increase an application's intuitiveness which eases out the understanding of the concepts explained.…”