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Priyanka Parekh, Joseph Polman, Shaun Kane, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2023). The Role of Positioning in the Ecological Learning of Human Youth Making for Pet Companions. Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

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Janet Ruppert, Diego Velazquez-Ramos, Ricarose Roque, R Benjamin Shapiro (2023). Taking play and tinkering seriously in AI education: cases from Drag vs AI teen workshops. Learning, Media and Technology.

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Priyanka Parekh, Joseph L. Polman, Shaun Kane, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2023). Reconfiguring Science Education through Caring Human Inquiry and Design with Pets. Journal of the Learning Sciences.

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Priyanka Parekh, Joseph Polman, Shaun Kane, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2023). Middle schoolers' trajectories of identification and wayfaring through a pet science workshop. Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

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R Benjamin Shapiro, Kayla DesPortes, Betsy DiSalvo (2023). Improving Computing Education Research through Valuing Design. Communications of the ACM.

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Tiffany Tseng, Jennifer King Chen, Mona Abdelrahman, Mary Beth Kery, Fred Hohman, Adriana Hilliard, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2023). Collaborative Machine Learning Model Building with Families Using Co-ML. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference.

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Priyanka Parekh, Shaun Kane, Joseph Polman, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2022). Teens and Pets as Participatory Design Partners. Proceedings of the 2022 Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning.

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Janet Ruppert, Ricarose Roque, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2022). Opportunities and Challenges for Enacting Equity and Justice-centered CS Learning In ``Drag vs. AI'' Workshops. Proceedings of the 2022 Conference of the International Society of the Learning Sciences.

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Priyanka Parekh, Joseph Polman, Shaun Kane, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2022). Learning science while caring for pets: Findings from a virtual workshop for teens. Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

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Griffin Dietz, Jennifer King Chen, Jazbo Beason, Matthew Tarrow, Adriana Hilliard, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2022). ARtonomous: Introducing Middle Schoolers to Reinforcement Learning Through Virtual Robotics. 2022 ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC).

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Annie Kelly, Gabriella M. Johnson, Joseph Polman, Shaun Kane, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2021). People, Places, and Pets: Situating STEM Education in Youths’ Homes with their Pets. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

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Lila Finch, Celeste Moreno, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2021). Luminous Science: Teachers Designing For and Developing Transdisciplinary Thinking and Learning. Taylor & Francis.

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William C. Payne, Yoav Bergner, Mary Etta West, Carlie Charp, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Danielle Albers Szafir, Edd. V. Taylor, Kayla DesPortes (2021). danceON: Culturally Responsive Computing. *Proceedings of the 2021 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems *.

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Abigail Zimmermann-Niefield, Shawn Polson, Celeste Moreno, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2020). Youth Making Machine Learning Models for Gesture-Controlled Interactive Media. Proceedings of ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2020.

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Lila Finch, Celeste Moreno, R Benjamin Shapiro (2020). Teacher and student enactments of a transdisciplinary art-science-computing unit. Instructional Science.

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Tamara Clegg, Kareem Edouard, Daniel Greene, Stephanie Jones, Natalie Melo, Na'ilah Nasir, R Benjamin Shapiro, Michael Smith, Christopher G Wright, Marcelo Worsley, others (2020). Symposium on Reconceptualizing Legitimate and Generative Learning Experiences in Sports and Technology. Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

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R. B. Shapiro (2020). New and Future Coding Paradigms. Constructionism in Context.

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Liam Fischback, Kristin Searle, R Benjamin Shapiro, Annie Kelly, Colby Tofel-Grehl (2020). Making changes: Counteracting Latina Young Women’s Negative STEM Experiences Through Culturally Responsive Physical Computing. Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

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Annie Kelly, Christine Chang, Christian Hill, Mary Yoder, Shaun Kane, Joseph Polman, Michael Eisenberg, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2020). ``Our dog probably thinks Christmas is really boring'' — Re-mediating science education for feminist-inspired inquiry. Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

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Abigail Zimmermann-Niefield, Makenna Turner, Bridget Murphy, Shaun Kane, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2019). Youth Learning Machine Learning through Building Models of Athletic Moves. Proceedings of Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2019.

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R Benjamin Shapiro, Peter Samuelson Wardrip (2019). Teachers Reasoning About Students’ Understanding: Teachers Learning Formative Instruction by Design. Journal of Formative Design in Learning.

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Abigail Zimmermann-Niefield, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Shaun Kane (2019). Sports and Machine Learning: How young people can use data from their own bodies to learn about ML. ACM.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, M. Tissenbaum (2019). New programming paradigms. Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research..

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, Rebecca Fiebrink (2019). Introduction to the Special Section: Launching an Agenda for Research on Learning Machine Learning. ACM Transactions on Computing Education.

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David Moon, Cyrus Omar, R. B. Shapiro (2019). Flexible Structure Editing of Well-Typed Expressions. Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Type-driven Development (TyDE).

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Matthew C. Jadud, Jamika Burge, Jeffrey Forbes, Celine Latulipe, Kristin Searle, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2019). BoF: Toward an Anti-Racist Theory of Computational Curricula. Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.

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Victor Lee, R. B. Shapiro (2019). A Broad View of Wearables as Learning Technologies: Current and Emerging Applications. Learning in a Digital World - Perspectives on Interactive Technologies for Formal and Informal Education.

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K. Tayne, R. Benjamin Shapiro, A. S. Jurow, M. Hollingsworth (2018). Supporting pre-service teachers in developing expansive perspectives on computer science within an equity-oriented teacher education program. Poster.. Proceedings of the International Conference in the Learning Sciences 2018.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, Rebecca Fiebrink, Peter Norvig (2018). How machine learning impacts the undergraduate computing curriculum.

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Will Temple, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2018). Computational rethinking: applying CT in new contexts. Presentation in Symposium on The State of the Field in Computational Thinking Assessment. Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2018.

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Lila Finch, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Franziska Carstens (2018). Co-Designing a Nexus of Transdisciplinary Learning with Luminous Science. Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2018.

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Annie Kathleen Kelly, Lila Finch, Monica Bolles, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2018). BlockyTalky: New programmable tools to enable students’ learning networks.

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Annie Kathleen Kelly, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Jonathan de Halleux, Thomas Ball (2018). ARcadia: A Rapid Prototyping Platform for Real-time Tangible Interfaces. Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro (2017). Emerging paradigms for CS education and their implications for visual languages (Invited Keynote).

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, Rebecca Fiebrink, Peter Norvig (2017). Workshop: Research on Learning about Machine Learning.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro (2017). The future of CS education and why math educators should be excited about it.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, Annie Kathleen Kelly, Matthew Ahrens, Ben Johnson, Heather Politi, Rebecca Fiebrink (2017). Tangible Distributed Computer Music for Youth.

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Lila Finch, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2017). Luminous Science Workshop. FabLearn 2017.

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Casey Fiesler, Shannon Morrison, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Amy S. Bruckman (2017). Growing Their Own: Legitimate Peripheral Participation for Computational Learning in an Online Fandom Community. Proceedings of Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing ‘17.

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Annie Kathleen Kelly, Monica Bolles, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2017). BlockyTalky: A Prototyping Toolkit for Digital Musical Interfaces.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro (2016). Toward Participatory Discovery Networks: A Critique of Current Mass Collaboration Environments and a Possible Learning-Rich Future. Mass Collaboration and Education.

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Anthony Robins, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2016). The Growth of Computing Education Doctoral Research.

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Elise Deitrick, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Brian Gravel (2016). How Do We Assess Equity in Programming Pairs?. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2016.

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Peter Samuelson Wardrip, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2016). Digital media and data: using and designing technologies to support learning in practice.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, Annie Kathleen Kelly, Matthew Ahrens, Rebecca Fiebrink (2016). BlockyTalky: A Physical and Distributed Computer Music Toolkit for Kids. Proceedings of New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2016.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, Matthew Ahrens (2016). Beyond Blocks: Syntax and Semantics.

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Elise Deitrick, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Matthew P. Ahrens, Rebecca Fiebrink, Paul D. Lehrman, Saad Farooq (2015). Using Distributed Cognition Theory to Analyze Collaborative Computer Science Learning. Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual ACM International Computing Education Research (ICER) conference.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, Peter Samuelson Wardrip (2015). Keepin' It Real: Understanding Analytics in Classroom Practice.

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Rosemary S. Russ, Steve Wangen, D. Leith Nye, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Will Strinz, Michael Ferris (2015). Fields of Fuel.

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Shuchi Grover, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Brian Dorn (2015). Birds of a Feather: K12 CS Teaching Methods Courses. Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro (2014). Parents and Family Weekend 2014 Keynote.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro (2014). Where do we go from here? Teaching, mentoring, and learning in the games and crowdsourcing era.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro (2014). The future of crowdsourcing game.

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Elise Deitrick, Brian O'Connell, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2014). The Discourse of Creative Problem Solving in Childhood Engineering Education. Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

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Nathan Holbert, David Weintrop, Uri Wilensky, Pratim Sengupta, Stephen Killingsworth, Kyra Krinks, Doug Clark, Corey Brady, Eric Klopfer, R. Benjamin Shapiro, R. Benjamin Russ (2014). Symposium: Combining video games and constructionist design to support deep learning in play. Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2014.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro (2014). Principled Design of Online Learning Environments.

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Joseph P. Sanford, Aaron Tietz, Saad Farooq, Samuel Guyer, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2014). Metaphors We Teach by. Proceedings of the 45th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.

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Ethan Danahy, Eric Wang, Jay Brockman, Adam Carberry, Ben Shapiro, Chris B Rogers (2014). Lego-based robotics in higher education: 15 years of student creativity. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems.

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Eric Coopey, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Ethan Danahy (2014). Collaborative Spatial Classification. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge.

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Elise Deitrick, Joseph Sanford, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2014). BlockyTalky: A Low-Cost, Extensible, Open Source, Programmable, Networked Toolkit for Tangible Creation. Demo. Proceedings of Interaction Design and Children 2014.

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Riley Jack Meehan, Brian E Gravel, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2014). A Card-Sorting Task to Establish Community Values in Designing Makerspaces (Poster). FabLearn 2014.

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Peter Samuelson Wardrip, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Andrea Forte, Spiro Maroulis, Karen Brennan, Ricarose Roque (2013). Workshop on CSCW and Education: Viewing Education As a Site of Work Practice. Proceedings of the 2013 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work Companion.

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Richard Halverson, R. Benjamin Shapiro (2013). Technologies for education and technologies for learners. The Infrastructure of Accountability: Data Use and the Transformation of American Education.

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Luke Kane, Gabriella Anton, Wade Berger, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Kurt Squire, T. Bahn, J. Dietmeier, David Hatfield, Matthew W. Berland (2013). Studio K: A Game Design Curriculum for Computational Thinking.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, Pilar N. Ossorio (2013). Regulation of Online Social Network Studies.

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V. Elizabeth Owen, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Richard Halverson (2013). Gameplay as Assessment: Analyzing Event-Stream Player Data and Learning Using GBA (a Game-Based Assessment Model). Proceedings of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning.

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V. Elizabeth Owen, Richard Halverson, R. Benjamin Shapiro, S. Harris, M. Rothschild, K. Bell Gawne (2013). Game-based Assessment: An integrated model for capturing evidence of learning in play.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, Pilar N. Ossorio (2013). Ethics for Design-Based Research on Online Social Networks. Proceedings of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning.

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David Hatfield, Gabriella Anton, Amanda Ochsner, Kurt Squire, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Alex Games (2013). Demo of Studio K: Tools for Game Design and Computational Thinking. Proceedings of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning.

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Luke Kane, Gabriella Anton, Wade Berger, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Kurt Squire (2012). Studio K: A Game Design Curriculum for Computational Thinking.

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A. Ingram-Gable, R. Benjamin Shapiro, B. Stokes, Y. J. Kim, Peter Samuelson Waldrip (2012). Design to change assessment: evidence centered design & democratizing learning.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, Richard Halverson (2011). Searching for school reform: How small steps in personalized search, data visualization, and social network analysis technologies can immediately improve schools..

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Eric Klopfer, B. Coulter, M. Dunleavy, R. Benjamin Shapiro, J. Sheldon, L. Rosenheck, Kurt Squire, J. Perry, J. Mathews (2011). Symposium on Augmented Reality games: place-based digital learning.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, Peter Samuelson Wardrip (2011). Interactive Representations of Student Activity to Inform Teacher Collaborations: Results from a Formative Exploration. Proceedings of Computer Support for Collaborative Learning.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, Kurt D. Squire (2011). Games for Participatory Science: A Paradigm for Game-Based Learning for Promoting Science Literacy.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, Peter Samuelson Wardrip (2010). Understanding Formative Instruction by Design. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, T. Gray, A. Lee, N. Pinkard, D. Nacu (2010). Building a community of practice with SPACE and RemixWorld.

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R Benjamin Shapiro, Louis Gomez, Denise Nacu (2008). SPACE: online tools for supporting formative instruction (Poster). Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, H. Petry, L. M. Gomez (2008). Computational infrastructures for school improvement. Poster in Young Researchers Track.. Proceedings of Educational Data Mining 2008.

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R. Benjamin Shapiro, K. Thomas, T. Carter (2006). Three club designs to foster the development of empowered identities. Presentation in B. Barron and Y. Kafai (Chairs), Clubs, Homes, and Online Communities as Contexts for Engaging Youth in Technology Fluency Building Activities.. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

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Dor Abrahamson, Matthew W. Berland, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Joshua W. Unterman, Uri J. Wilensky (2004). Leveraging Epistemological Diversity Through Computer-based Argumentation in the Domain of Probability. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

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W. G. Griswold, P. Shanahan, S. W. Brown, R. Boyer, M. Ratto, R. Benjamin Shapiro, T. M. Truong (2004). ActiveCampus: experiments in community-oriented ubiquitous computing.

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Matt Ratto, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Tan Minh Truong, William G. Griswold (2003). The Activeclass Project: Experiments in Encouraging Classroom Participation. Proceedings of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2003.

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