Undetectable, Hands-Free Always-On Technology in the Classroom

• In Event: Poster Session 13
  In Poster Session: Technology-Based Learning Environments for STEM Education

Abstract

Hands Free Always On (HFAO) technology, such as the next generation of smart glasses, will likely become invisible and undetectable, turn up in classrooms in the near future, and change teaching and learning. An exploratory study analyzed four focus groups with faculty members at a research university. The focus group process and the data analysis were guided by four research questions: (1) How will undetectable HFAO technology affect students’ learning? (2) How will it affect professors’ teaching? (3) How will it affect assessment? (4) What would make faculty embrace this technology? We summarize participants’ insights showing that the perceived effects of HFAO technology in classrooms were mixed. Initial comments from student focus groups had similar results.

Authors

• Erick Sanchez Suasnabar

• Shail Shah, New Jersey Institute of Technology

• Xu Cai, New Jersey Institute of Technology

• Yang Liu, New Jersey Institute of Technology

• Michael Bieber, New Jersey Institute of Technology

• Starr Roxanne Hiltz, New Jersey Institute of Technology