DBIS

Collaboration and group work are essential parts of learning since they encourage students to exchange ideas, to learn from each other and to support each other. The ability to work as a team increases the quality and amount of results and is therefore a highly demanded soft skill. However, students who face group work in courses still encounter challenges regarding efficient coordination, motivation and communication when working on group assignments or in learning groups. This becomes evident in processes where one person does all the work. Other common examples include a lack of communication where the group accumulates their individual results only at the end of the project and the participants cannot compensate if some members failed to deliver their results on time. Mixed Reality bears the potential to provide a structured 3D environment for organization and collaboration where group tasks can be split up visually between participants in virtual meetings. Additionally, Gamification can provide means of motivation to continue with a learning task and to strengthen the unity of the team.