Creating Interactive Digital Content: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Develop Critical Peer Feedback

Giving and receiving critical feedback are key 21st century learning skills, which form an integral part of enquiry based approaches to learning. Yet learners face several barriers to acquiring those skills; a lack of interest in peer-created content; social politeness; and under-valuing peer-feedback. Additionally, the perception of one’s peers as equals rather than experts engenders low engagement in peer-feedback activities. In this study, we investigate and address some of these barriers through a 3-month cross-cultural activity with 60 students in two schools – in India and England. By introducing an interactive content-creation tool to facilitate the peer feedback process in a cross-cultural, Project-Based Learning (PBL) activity we initiate and utilise the cultural expertise of the students. The activity involved creating interactive content to stimulate critical feedback exchange between students where the students were considered to be ‘experts’ in their cultural setting. The three-month activity demonstrates that the use of an interactive content-creation tool in a culture-sensitive PBL process aids the development of critical peer feedback and helps students to achieve a deeper understanding of their own culture and that of the ‘other’.

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Vidya Sarangapani

Ahmed Kharuffa

David Leat

Pete Wright

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Publication date: July 2018

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Newcastle University, UK

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Newcastle University, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.31

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

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Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

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[1] R. Belk 1988 Possessions and the Extended Self Journal of Consumer Research 15 2 139 168 http://doi.org/10.1086/209154

[2] S. Bell 2010 Project-Based Learning for the 21st Century: Skills for the Future The Clearing House 83 39 43

[3] L. Bradley 2014 Peer-reviewing in an intercultural wiki environment - student interaction and reflections Computers and Composition 34 80 95 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2014.09.008

[4] V. BraunV. Clarke 2008 Using thematic analysis in psychology Qualitative Research in Psychology 3 2 77 101

[5] A. ChengL. YangE. Andersen 2017 Teaching Language and Culture with a Virtual Reality Game In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI ’17 541 549 New York, New York, USA: ACM Press http://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025857

[6] Y.-H. ChingY.-C. Hsu 2013 Peer Feedback to Facilitate Project-Based Learning in an Online Environment International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 14 5 258 276

[7] E. M. GerberJ. M. OlsonR. L. D. Komarek 2012 Extracurricular Design-Based Learning: Preparing students for careers in innovation International Journal of Engineering Education 28 2 317 324

[8] S. GielenE. PeetersF. DochyP. OnghenaK. Struyven 2010 Improving the effectiveness of peer feedback for learning Learning and Instruction 20 4 304 315 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.08.007

[9] J. HattieH. Timperley 2007 The Power of Feedback Review of Educational Research 77 1 81 112 http://doi.org/10.3102/ 003465430298487

[10] K. E. HeintzeN. KrämerD. FosterS. Lawson 2015 Designing Student Energy Interventions?: A Cross-cultural Comparison In British HCI 2015 247 254 http://doi.org/10.1145/2783446.2783575

[11] P. HeslopA. PrestonA. ReidA. Kharrufa 2017 Students‟ Perceptions of Learning Processes as Co-Authors of Digital Tabletop Activities In British HCI

[12] P. KahnK. O. Rourke 2005 Understanding Enquiry-Based Learning Learning 1 12

[13] S. KaldiD. FilippatouC. Govaris 2011 Project-based learning in primary schools?: effects on pupils ‟ learning and attitudes Education 3-13?: International Journal of Primary , Elementary and Early Years Education 39 1 35 47 http://doi.org/10.1080/03004270903179538

[14] A. KharrufaD. LeatP. Olivier 2010 Digital mysteries In ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces - ITS ’10 197 New York, New York, USA: ACM Press

[15] A. KharrufaD. LeatP. Olivier 2010 Digital Mysteries?: Designing for Learning at the Tabletop In ITS’10, November 7-10 2010 Saarbru cken, Germany 197 206

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[18] D. Leat (Ed.) 2017 Enquiry and Project Based Learning: Students, School and Society Routledge

[19] D. LeatA. Nichols 2000 Observing Pupils‟ Mental Strategies: Signposts for Scaffolding International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education 9 1 19 35

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[21] L. LiX. LiuA. L. Steckelberg 2010 Assessor or assessee: How student learning improves by giving and receiving peer feedback British Journal of Educational Technology 41 3 525 536 http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.00968.x

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[25] B. Z. PresseisenA. Kozulin 1992 Mediated learning: The contributions of Vygotsky and Feuerstein in theory and practice Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 5 42

[26] P. Race 2005 Using feedback to help students to learn The Higher Education Academy 1 11

[27] A. ShannonJ. HammerH. ThurstonN. DiehlS. Dow 2016 PeerPresents: A Web-Based System for In-Class Peer Feedback During Student Presentations Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems 447 458 http://doi.org/10.1145/2901790.2901816

[28] Thinking Kit (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.thinking-kit.com/

[29] D. TinappleL. OlsonJ. Sadauskas 2013 CritViz: Web-Based Software Supporting Peer Critique in Large Creative Classrooms Bulletin of the IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology 15 1 29 35

[30] J. VoogtN. P. Roblin 2012 A comparative analysis of international frameworks for 21st century competences: Implications for national curriculum policies Journal of Curriculum Studies 44 3 299 321 http://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2012.668938

[31] P. D. WareR. O‟Dowd 2008 Peer feedback on language form in telecollaboration Language Learning & Technology 12 1 43 63

[32] H. WauckY. YenW.-T. FuE. GerberS. P. DowB. P. Bailey 2017 From in the Class or in the Wild?? Peers Provide Better Design Feedback Than External Crowds CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI ’17 5580 5591 http://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025477

[33] R. Wegerif 2013 Dialogic?: education for the Internet age Routledge

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