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Use of Layers and User Manipulation to Improve Group Environments

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Collaborative learning systems benefit from the ability of multiple students to interact with each other in an online workspace. However, collaborative clutter can occur when multiple students overwrite, erase and add side notes to the workspace. This paper offers a system and method for use of layering, user manipulation, and client-side service to control multiple user interaction and make online collaborative workspace useful. Early results indicate that the solution is seamless and intuitive, allowing individual users control over their own environments in a collaborative system.

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  1. Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    Christopher Findeisen

  2. HopesCreek, College Station, TX, USA

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  1. Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, Sketch Recognition Lab, College Station, Texas, USA

    Tracy Hammond

  2. Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, Sketch Recognition Lab, College Station, Texas, USA

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  3. Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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  4. Dept. Information Technology, Whitfield School, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Mark Payton

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Findeisen, C., Heller, P. (2015). Use of Layers and User Manipulation to Improve Group Environments. In: Hammond, T., Valentine, S., Adler, A., Payton, M. (eds) The Impact of Pen and Touch Technology on Education. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15594-4_14

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