@inproceedings{KuhnJansenHarreretal.2005, author = {Markus Kuhn and Marc Jansen and Andreas Harrer and Heinz Ulrich Hoppe}, title = {A Lightweight Approach for Flexible Group Management in the Classroom}, series = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL '05, Taipei, Taiwan, May 30 - June 4, 2005)}, publisher = {CSCL}, address = {Taiwan}, year = {2005}, abstract = {In this paper we describe a session management system for setting up various collabora- tive classroom ,scenarios. The approach ,is addressing the additional workload ,of administrating classroom networks on the teacher, which is an important aspect for teachers' willingness to im- plement technology enhanced,learning in schools. The system facilitates preparation of classroom scenarios and the adhoc installation of networked collaborative sessions. We provided a graphical interface, which is usable for administration, monitoring, and for specification of a wide variety of different classroom ,situations with group work. The resulting graphical specifications are well suited to be re-used in the more formal learning design format IMS/LD; this is achieved by a auto- matable transformation of the scenarios to LD documents. Keywords: Collaborative classroom scenarios, lightweight classroom orchestration, learning de- sign, shared workspaces.}, language = {en} }