Poster presented at the 2016 Department of Computer Science Open Evening event at the University of Cape Town.
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\title{Streamlining Technology-driven Orchestration in Formal Learning Spaces}
\author{Lighton Phiri$^1$ $\cdot$ Christoph Meinel$^2$ $\cdot$ Hussein Suleman$^1$}
\institute[University of Cape Town]{$^1$Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa\\$^2$Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Germany}
\date[October 22, 2015]{October 22, 2015}
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Title={Streamlining Technology-driven Orchestration in Formal Learning Spaces},
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Educators can be more effective when supported with orchestration---the management of learning activities.
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\begin{block}{Orchestration is Flawed}
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Technology-driven orchestration is challenging \cite{Dillenbourg2013} and, arguably, ad hoc.
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Streamline orchestration by facilitating organisation of learning activities.
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Streamlining orchestration takes the form of a software orchestration workbench which facilitates the integration and centralised access to tools and services required to orchestrate learning activities.
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Orchestration workflow procedure involves four steps.
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\begin{block}{Study 1: Orchestrating a Flipped Class}
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Flipped class case study conducted using prototpye Workbench to assess approach in authentic educational setting \cite{Phiri2016Streamlined}.
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\begin{block}{Study 2: Peer-led Guided Orchestration}
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Controlled study involving 24 Tutors, for first year Computer Science courses, aimed at measuring orchestration load.
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\normalitem High values imply high workload.
\normalitem Width of bars reflects importance of weight.
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\begin{block}{Study 3: Ad Hoc vs. Organised Orchestration}
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%%%%%\begin{block}{1) Orchestrating a Flipped Class}
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Controlled study conducted with 61 educators in order to compare ad hoc orchestration and organised orchestration \cite{Phiri2016Comparative}.
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{AttrakDiff 2 used an measurement instrument.}
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\normalitem Desirable and 21\% faster.
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\begin{block}{Study 4: Reusable Orchestration OERs}
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Practical usage scenario assessed through implementation of reusable virtual orchestration appliances (rVOA) \cite{Parker2016RVOA}.
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\normalitem rVOA player: Flexible offline UI workflow component.
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This work is funded, in part, by the Hasso Plattner Institute.
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%%%Jeremy Roschelle, Yannis Dimitriadis, and Ulrich Hoppe.
%%%%%Jeremy Roschelle et al. Classroom Orchestration: Synthesis. {\em Computers \& Education}, 69:523--526, 2013. DOI: { \href{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2013.04.010}{10.1016/j.compedu.2013.04.010}}
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%%%%%Pierre Dillenbourg. Design for Classroom Orchestration. {\em Computers \& Education}, 69:485--492, 2013.\\
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Dillenbourg, P. Design for Classroom Orchestration. {\em Computers \& Education}. 69:485--492, November 2013.
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Parker, N. and Valentyn, M. Reusable Virtual Orchestration Appliances. Retrieved from {\href{https://goo.gl/qNOF7V}{https://goo.gl/qNOF7V}}
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\bibitem{Phiri2016Comparative}
%%%%%Lighton Phiri et al. Ad hoc vs. Organised Orchestration. {\em 8$^{th}$ IEEE International Conference on %%%%%Technology for Education}, 2016.
Phiri, L., Meinel, C., and Suleman, H. Ad hoc vs. Organised Orchestration. In {\em 8$^{th}$ IEEE International Conference on Technology for Education}. December 2016.
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%%%%%Lighton Phiri et al. Streamlined Orchestration. {\em Computers \& Education}, 95:231--238, 2016.\\
%%%%%DOI: { \href{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2016.01.011}{10.1016/j.compedu.2016.01.011}}
Phiri, L., Meinel, C., and Suleman, H. Streamlined Orchestration. {\em Computers \& Education}. 95:231--238, April 2016.
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