Supporting Teacher Orchestration

Classroom orchestration is the process of managing individual, team and class-wide activities, in real-time, to enhance student engagement and learning, while managing all of the constraints of a daily classroom (time, discipline, curriculum, etc). The availability of novel learning technologies such as AR/VR/MR, robotics and interactive simulations provides teachers with opportunities to enhance the teaching-learning process by orchestrating complex technology-enhanced learning scenarios in the classroom. However, the opportunity comes at the cost of an additional mental load to the teacher in terms of deciding how and when to use the technologies, and in what social context (individual or collaborative). Typically, this load increases as the classroom size increases. Teachers therefore need to be supported in orchestrating rich learning scenarios in large classrooms. In this project we aim to identify teacher orchestration challenges while using learning technologies in large classrooms and designing supports for teachers such as orchestration tools and dashboards.