D&D: Using Cacoo to stimulate reflective conversations with external representations

• In Event: Roundtables Wed2
  In Roundtable Session: D&D - Roundtables Wed2

Short Description

When students think on their feet and learn by doing, students can not only critically think by doing but can critically think about doing something while doing it. Cacoo, an online diagramming and mapping tool, provides an authentic learning environment where students, in groups or alone, can visualize, reflect-in-action, ideate, and experience the iterative process of problem-solving. We share how we have used Cacoo in graduate classrooms to stimulate reflective conversations with external representations.

Authors

• John Baaki, Old Dominion University

• Tian Luo, Old Dominion University