Beyond "social protocols": multi-user coordination policies for co-located groupware
CSCW '04 Proceedings of the 2004 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
CSCW '04 Proceedings of the 2004 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Territoriality in collaborative tabletop workspaces
CSCW '04 Proceedings of the 2004 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
System guidelines for co-located, collaborative work on a tabletop display
ECSCW'03 Proceedings of the eighth conference on European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Tabletop displays for small group study: affordances of paper and digital materials
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
CSCL'09 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Computer supported collaborative learning - Volume 1
Actions speak loudly with words: unpacking collaboration around the table
Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces
Futura: design for collaborative learning and game play on a multi-touch digital tabletop
Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction
Digital mysteries: designing for learning at the tabletop
ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces
Medical education on an interactive surface
ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces
Enhancing genomic learning through tabletop interaction
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Beyond one-size-fits-all: how interactive tabletops support collaborative learning
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Of BATs and APEs: an interactive tabletop game for natural history museums
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The SimMed experience: medical education on interactive tabletops
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international conference on Interactive tabletops and surfaces
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A large body of work asserts that interactive tabletops are well suited for group work, and numerous studies have examined these devices in educational contexts. However, few of the described systems support simulations for collaborative learning, and none of them explicitly address immersion. We present SimMed, a system allowing medical students to collaboratively diagnose and treat a virtual patient using an interactive tabletop. The hybrid user interface combines elements of virtual reality with multitouch input. The paper delineates the development process of the system and rationale behind a range of interface design decisions. Thereby, the role of realism in gaining procedural knowledge is discussed - in particular, the interplay between realism, immersion and training goals. We implemented several medical test cases and evaluated our approach with a user study that suggests the great potential of the system. Results show a high level of immersion, cooperation and engagement by the students.