SmartGroup: A Tool for Small-Group Learning Activities

Small-group learning activities (SGLAs) offer varied active opportunities and student benefits, but higher education instructors do not universally adopt SGLAs, in part owing to management burdens. We designed deployed the SmartGroup system, a tool-based approach minimize instructor burdens while facilitating SGLAs associated benefits by managing peer group formation work assessment. was one course over 10 weeks; iterations of were provided continuously meet instructor’s needs. After deployment, teaching assistant interviewed, 20 anonymous post-study survey responses collected. The system exposed students new perspectives, fostered meta-cognitive opportunities, improved weaker students’ performances being predominantly well-received terms usability satisfaction. Our contributes literature an exploration tool-assisted assessment how promote wider SGLA adoption.