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Technological advancements and contemporary learning theories dictate the need for redesigning the school environment to emded technology in a seamless way. This paper describes an approach towards the development and modernization of the future classroom, by redesigning the student desk. A technology-augemented desk was designed following an iterative approach, leading to the creation and evaluation of several alternative solutions.
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Savvaki, C., Leonidis, A., Paparoulis, G., Antona, M., Stephanidis, C. (2013). Designing a Technology–Augmented School Desk for the Future Classroom. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) HCI International 2013 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts. HCI 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 374. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39476-8_137
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