A Mobile Pattern Discourse System

摘要

Design patterns have been used in architecture, software development, interaction design and education in order to document, reason about and communicate reusable best practices. Repurposing and extending our previous works on mobile educational technologies we are developing a system for touch-sensitive mobile devices that supports students of various design disciplines in learning about design patterns in various contexts of matter. It should allow for pattern documentation and wireless discourse. Its interaction principles including collaborative drawing on visual materials and a gesture-based interaction on touch-sensitive devices apply the same usability modules as we already implemented for pen-tablets and whiteboards inside the classroom.