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      Facilitating Learning Through Hands-on Engagement With Virtual Museum Artefacts

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      Proceedings of the 28th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014) (HCI)
      BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014)
      9 - 12 September 2014
      Engagement, Learning, Reality-based interaction, Museum artefacts
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            Abstract

            In collaborative museum learning contexts, it is problematic that groups of museum visitors are not able able to touch, handle, and pass museum artefacts around during collaborative discussions. This can be due to the fragility of the artefacts themselves or due to the people discussing them being in different locations. Interacting with virtual representations of artefacts is a solution to the problem, but digital experiences have typically lacked many of the qualities that are so successful in engaging museum learners with physical artefacts. In this paper, we introduce our theory that hands-on, reality-based interaction using a tablet interface offers a much more engaging way for collaborators to explore and discuss virtual artefacts than the more traditional desktop interface-based experience, and that this increase in engagement will potentially lead to learning outcomes for the collaborators.

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            Conference
            September 2014
            September 2014
            : 222-227
            Affiliations
            [0001]HIT Lab AU

            University of Tasmania,

            Launceston 7250, Australia
            [0002]School of Computing &

            Information Systems

            University of Tasmania,

            Hobart 7001, Australia
            [0003]HIT Lab AU

            University of Tasmania,

            Hobart 7001, Australia
            Article
            10.14236/ewic/HCI2014.35
            41ef009c-a6a1-4b24-b91d-c1ef6f382746
            © Steven Neale et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of the 28th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014), Southport, UK

            This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

            Proceedings of the 28th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014)
            HCI
            28
            Southport, UK
            9 - 12 September 2014
            Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014)
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            1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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            Categories
            Electronic Workshops in Computing

            Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            Reality-based interaction,Engagement,Learning,Museum artefacts

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