Hotseat-Mobile Web Application that Enables Student Collaboration with Popular Social Media Tools

Hotseat, a social networking-powered mobile Web application, creates a collaborative classroom, allowing students to provide near real-time feedback during class and enabling professors to adjust the course content and improve the learning experience.

Students can post messages to Hotseat using their Facebook or Twitter accounts, sending text messages, or logging in to the Hotseat Web site. Hotseat users can provide input on the class discussion by using Twitter hash tags that are unique to each topic. Tweets are filtered to those submitted by students participating in the course. For students who prefer Facebook to stay connected, Hotseat provides an application hosted by Facebook. This custom Facebook application provides the same experience as the Hotseat Web application. Faculty and students can contribute, or watch the discussion unfold in near real-time from virtually anywhere using the Hotseat Web application. Hotseat also provides access to the discussion from most mobile devices, including iOS and Android based devices.

Advantages:

- Provides near real-time, anonymous feedback during class

- Compatible with most internet enabled devices commonly found in classrooms

TRL: 9

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Keywords: Educational technology, mobile web application, student collaboration, social media tools, edtech, collaborative learning software, learning management system, m-learning, web app, virtual classroom, Social Networking