Physical space and division of labor around a tabletop tangible simulation
Patrick Jermann, Guillaume Zufferey, Bertrand Schneider, Aurélien Lucci, Simon Lépine, Pierre Dillenbourg · 2009
We describe a tangible tabletop simulation, the Tinker Table, which is designed to train logistics apprentices in Switzerland. Vocational training is organized following a dual model which combines practice on the workplace and theory in the professional school. Two groups of learners were observed during an activity which consists of optimizing the layout of a warehouse. We propose a descriptive account of how the spatial position of resources and learners influences the type of manipulations which are performed by each of them.