TY  - JOUR
A1  - Phiri, Lighton
A1  - Meinel, Christoph
A1  - Suleman, Hussein
T1  - Streamlined orchestration: An orchestration workbench framework for
effective teaching
JF  - Current opinion in plant biology
N2  - Effective classroom management is considered a key criterion to making classrooms effective learning environments. Supporting classroom orchestration—the teacher-centric real-time management of classroom activities—is central to achieving effective classroom management. However, the multi-faceted nature of classroom orchestration, its complexity, and general classroom constraints such as time, present challenges for the effective management of the modern-day classroom environment. Though effective, most existing approaches for overcoming orchestration challenges, such as Google Classroom, are arguably ad hoc. We argue that streamlined technology-driven orchestration can be attained through the use of an orchestration workbench, potentially making educators more effective within formal learning environments. Early supporting evidence, from a study involving the use of a prototype orchestration tool, demonstrates the feasibility of organised orchestration and its potential to improve students' learning experience.
KW  - Computer-assisted instruction
KW  - Orchestration
KW  - Technology enhanced learning
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2016.01.011
SN  - 0360-1315
SN  - 1873-782X
VL  - 95
SP  - 231
EP  - 238
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -