“SMALLab: a mediated platform for education” by Birchfield, Ciufo, Minyard, Qian, Savenye, et al. …

  • ©David Birchfield, Thomas Ciufo, Gary Minyard, Gang Qian, Wilhelmina Savenye, Hari Sundaram, and Harvey Thornburg

  • ©David Birchfield, Thomas Ciufo, Gary Minyard, Gang Qian, Wilhelmina Savenye, Hari Sundaram, and Harvey Thornburg

  • ©David Birchfield, Thomas Ciufo, Gary Minyard, Gang Qian, Wilhelmina Savenye, Hari Sundaram, and Harvey Thornburg

  • ©David Birchfield, Thomas Ciufo, Gary Minyard, Gang Qian, Wilhelmina Savenye, Hari Sundaram, and Harvey Thornburg

  • ©David Birchfield, Thomas Ciufo, Gary Minyard, Gang Qian, Wilhelmina Savenye, Hari Sundaram, and Harvey Thornburg

  • ©David Birchfield, Thomas Ciufo, Gary Minyard, Gang Qian, Wilhelmina Savenye, Hari Sundaram, and Harvey Thornburg

  • ©David Birchfield, Thomas Ciufo, Gary Minyard, Gang Qian, Wilhelmina Savenye, Hari Sundaram, and Harvey Thornburg

  • ©David Birchfield, Thomas Ciufo, Gary Minyard, Gang Qian, Wilhelmina Savenye, Hari Sundaram, and Harvey Thornburg

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    SMALLab: a mediated platform for education

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    In this article we describe the design and realization of SMALLab, a new Student Centered Learning Environment [SCLE] that utilizes interactive digital media in a multimodal sensing framework. We draw on methodologies from interactive art, computer music composition, animation, and educational technology to facilitate learning with digital media that emphasizes collaboration and human-to-human interaction. We describe the realization of this learning platform, and discuss the design of a complementary curriculum that helps students develop a deeper understanding of movement and sound.


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    We gratefully acknowledge that these materials document work supported by the National Science Foundation CISE Infrastructure grant under Grant No. 0403428 and IGERT Grant No. 0504647.


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