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The Use of Interactive Visual Metaphors to Enhance Group Discussions Using Mobile Devices

John McGinnContact Information, Rich PickingContact Information, Liz PickingContact Information and Vic GroutContact Information

(1)  School of Computing and Communications Technology, NEWI, University of Wales, Wrexham LL11 2AW, Wales, UK
(2)  School of Health, Social Care and Sport & Exercise Sciences, NEWI, University of Wales, Wrexham LL11 2AW, Wales, UK
Abstract
In this paper, we consider the problems of group discussions and collaborative decision-making, where one or more of the participants are using restrictive interfaces such as mobile phones or PDAs. We suggest possible solutions to some of these problems and present MAVis (Mobile Argumentation Visualizer), a web-based interface built upon upon a balance-beam visual metaphor. We report on user experiences of interacting with the visual metaphor, and on the challenges of transferring this to a multi-user environment supporting mobile devices.

Keywords  m-learning - collaborative working - decision-making - wicked problems - visual metaphors


Contact Information John McGinn
Email: j.mcginn@newi.ac.uk

Contact Information Rich Picking
Email: r.picking@newi.ac.uk

Contact Information Liz Picking
Email: l.picking@newi.ac.uk

Contact Information Vic Grout
Email: v.grout@newi.ac.uk
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