AMATI: Another Massive Audience Teaching Instrument

In this paper we present AMATI, (Another Massive Audience Teaching Instrument) to enhance knowledge transfer between a lecturer and their student audience as well as encourage the communication among students for both on line and on campus courses. AMATI provides a non-distractive environment for knowledge transfer and communication by using context aware teaching information for a specific classroom setup such as a lecture or exercise. Examples of teaching information are clarifications, context specific information provided at a certain time, answers to questions raised by individual students and the visualisation of the student mood. AMATI allows to use this information not only for short term knowledge transfer but also as a persistent knowledge base for students to prepare for their exams as well as for instructors to tailor future lectures. AMATI has been tested during a Massive On Campus Course (MOCC) in a Introduction to Software Engineering course attended by over one thousand students, separated in different locations such as lecture halls and home video streaming. First experiences have been elaborated providing a questionnaire to the students at the end of the lecture period.